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Old English word for contradiction

3 headwords match “contradiction”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wiþcwedennes ranks first.

  1. 1

    wiþcwedennes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    contradiction — contradiction

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiþcwedennes
    genitive singular wiþcwedennesse
    dative singular wiþcwedennesse
    accusative singular wiþcwedennesse
    nominative plural wiþcwedennessa, wiþcwedennesse
    genitive plural wiþcwedennessa
  2. 2

    wiþercwedolnes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    contradiction — contradiction

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiþercwedolnes
    genitive singular wiþercwedolnesse
    dative singular wiþercwedolnesse
    accusative singular wiþercwedolnesse
    nominative plural wiþercwedolnessa, wiþercwedolnesse
    genitive plural wiþercwedolnessa
  3. 3

    wiþersæc

    score 8

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    contradiction — denial

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiþersæc
    genitive singular wiþersæces
    dative singular wiþersæce
    accusative singular wiþersæc
    nominative plural wiþersacu
    genitive plural wiþersaca

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “contradiction” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.

The English word opens the headword's definition+10
It appears later in the first definition+6
It appears in any definition+3
It is in the headword's links+2
It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence)+9
The headword has an inflection table+3
Part of speech is a proper noun−5
Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy)−3
The headword is an alternative form−6
The first definition is longer than three words−2

A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.

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