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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 syk
English translation ill/sick
Word class
adjective
Imageability
medium (5.96)
Subjective AoA
early (3.30)
Usage frequency per million words
high (81.33)
No. phonological neighbours
many (20)
Phonological neighbourhood density
high (297.34)
Phonological neighbours sak (123), syn (58), syv (36), søk (34), sykt (15), myk (9), syd (7), sy (5), syr (1), sik (1), sys (<1), syt (<1), psyk (<1), sikh (<1), syl (<1), ryk (<1), fyk (<1), syrt (<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? 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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