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accidental gap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
ac-ci-den-tal -gap
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.

Inflected Forms

accidental gaps (plural)

Phrases

hapax legomenon

Frequently Paired Words

hapax legomenon nonword pseudoword

Synonyms

lexical gap

Questions

What does accidental gap mean?
A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.

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