pseudoword
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pseudoword
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From pseudo- + word.
noun pseudowords
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A unit of speech or text that respects the phonotactic restrictions of a language, but is not part of the lexicon; a non-word whose nonexistence is merely an accidental gap.
In Experiment 1, pseudowords made up of Italian derivational suffixes of various frequencies and meaningless pseudoroots were contrasted to pseudowords in which the same pseudoroots were combined with control orthographically legal final sequences.
Similar: wug word
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noun unit
| 한국어 | 유사 비단어 yusa bidaneo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 擬似語 gijigo |
| Français | pseudo-mot |
| Deutsch | Logatom |
| Ελληνικά | ψευδολέξη psevdoléxi |
| עברית | מִלַּת תֶּפֶל milát téfel |
Talk about this word "pseudoword." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pseudoword. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pseudoword. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pseudoword "pseudoword." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pseudoword.Cite this
@misc{pseudoword_2026,
title = {pseudoword},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pseudoword},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
