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Old English word for corruption

4 headwords match “corruption”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; rotung ranks first.

  1. 1

    rotung

    score 15

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

    corruption — corruption, decay, putrefaction

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rotung
    genitive singular rotunge
    dative singular rotunge
    accusative singular rotunge
    nominative plural rotunga, rotunge
    genitive plural rotunga
  2. 2

    brosnung

    score 15

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

    corruption — corruption

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brosnung
    genitive singular brosnunge
    dative singular brosnunge
    accusative singular brosnunge
    nominative plural brosnunga, brosnunge
    genitive plural brosnunga
  3. 3

    gewemming

    score 15

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

    corruption — corruption, violation, profanation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġewemming
    genitive singular ġewemminge
    dative singular ġewemminge
    accusative singular ġewemminge
    nominative plural ġewemminga, ġewemminge
    genitive plural ġewemminga
  4. 4

    gebrosnung

    score 9

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

    corruption — a corruption, decaying (physical or moral)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġebrosnung
    genitive singular ġebrosnunge
    dative singular ġebrosnunge
    accusative singular ġebrosnunge
    nominative plural ġebrosnunga, ġebrosnunge
    genitive plural ġebrosnunga

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “corruption” 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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