pseudoword

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

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pseudoword pseudowords

From pseudo- + word.

wug word

nonce word nonsense word pseudoletter

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