Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common

Adjacent identical words 0.8 % and edit-1 neighbours 3.3 %, both several times the reference texts.

EstablishedObservation0

What it bears on 4 answers

A natural language in an invented script

Still possible · weighs some · H-TH-LANG

AGAINST

Generated by copying and modifying nearby words

Disputed · weighs some · H-MEANINGLESS-AUTOCOPY

FOR

No plaintext: a procedure produced it

Still possible · weighs some · H-TH-GENERATED

FOR

No plaintext: composed freely by hand

Still possible · weighs some · H-TH-GLOSSOLALIA

FOR

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common [Evidence EVD0D8GDKN465TE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDKN465TE

@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0d8gdkn465te,
  title     = {Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0D8GDKN465TE},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDKN465TE}
}