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Here you can search for single words. If you write the first letters and wait, the search will return with words from the database which fit your inquiry. This search will provide all available information about that word from the database.

Word å spå
English translation to predict/to foresee
Word class
verb
Imageability
medium (5.85)
Subjective AoA
late (7.75)
Usage frequency per million words
medium (18.17)
No. phonological neighbours
some (9)
Phonological neighbourhood density
high (17 784.39)
Phonological neighbours på (13673), så (3760), små (180), stå (139), spår (10), såg (7), spa (5), spy (2), spe (2), spås (<1), sped (<1)
Word length
No. letters 3
No. sounds 3
No. syllables 1
Word structure
Derivation? false
Compound? false
Sound structure
First sound fricative? true
Starts in consonant cluster? true
Verb properties
Valency 1
Transitivity alternating
Multi-word phrase? false

Norwegian Words
A lexical database of a selection of Norwegian words, developed by the Research Group in Clinical Linguistics and Language Acquisition at the Department of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo. All requests should be directed to Pernille Hansen. This database can be used freely, but please refer to the database like this:

Lind, M., Simonsen, H.G., Hansen, P., Holm, E. & Mevik, B.-H. (2015) Norwegian Words: A lexical database for clinicians and researchers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 29(4), p. 276-290. Downloaded DATE from: http://www.tekstlab.uio.no/ordforradet/en/

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