# Common words fall into distributional classes

> Disputed: Common words fall into distributional classes (function-word-like vs content-like) as in languages.

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# Common words fall into distributional classes

Common words fall into distributional classes (function-word-like vs content-like) as in languages.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionDeductiveTested0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** No evidence yet. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- context clustering of the 300 commonest words yields classes not reducible to spelling families

## The questions it answers

[How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page)

Most likelyThe line is a unit of the system

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