# Form-function coupling (spelling vs context similarity)

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Method · computational linguistics

# Form-function coupling (spelling vs context similarity)

**Computational linguistics** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT2** runsUsed on **1** mystery

## Questions it answers

- [Is it a cipher of a known language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language)

## Code Python

[Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/7130e7218bbcc2c9aff5a62480e097ef956d431f3b0e7722201a48471ac477b4.py)`t_form_function.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/7130e7218bbcc2c9aff5a62480e097ef956d431f3b0e7722201a48471ac477b4.py)

## Runs and results 2 runs

| Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-009 | Voynich | Share of 5 nearest context-neighbours within edit distance 1 | 0.15 | Languages 0.01–0.07 · shuffled 0.03 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-008 | Voynich | Spearman(form sim, context sim) top-300 words | 0.147 | Languages ≤0.09 · shuffled -0.03 | 22 Oct |

## Applied to

![Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/78r)

**[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)1 dataset** ZL3b transcription

[Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/7130e7218bbcc2c9aff5a62480e097ef956d431f3b0e7722201a48471ac477b4.py)

Category

Computational linguistics

Version

1.0 · 25 Oct 2026

Licence

MIT

Language

Python

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Authors

**[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)** Wrote version 1.0