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-A lot of Taiwanese monosyllables are homophones: same sound, different meaning. But just how many are there? To help answer the question, we singled out monosyllables from the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' (''MoeDict'') and did some analysis.
+A monosyllable is a word with only one syllable. A lot of Taiwanese monosyllables are homophones: same sound, different meaning. But just how many are there? To help answer the question, we looked at the monosyllables in the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' (''MoeDict'').
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 * 1853 rows (63%) are homophonic, 1083 rows (37%) are not
 * The most homophonic sounds are: ''{{x|lie}}'', ''{{x|ky}}'', and ''{{x|køf}}'', which match 7 rows each, followed by ''{{x|cie}}'', ''{{x|kafn}}'', ''{{x|kefng}}'', ''{{x|sefng}}'', ''{{x|kaf}}'', ''{{x|kaq}}'', ''{{x|zngf}}'', ''{{x|ti}}'', ''{{x|sw}}'', ''{{x|leeng}}'', and ''{{x|kerng}}'', which match 6 rows each
-** most homophones cover two rows: 896 rows (31%), 448 distinct sounds (25%)
+** most commonly, homophones cover two rows: 896 rows (31%), 448 distinct sounds (25%)
-** some sounds cover three rows: 516 rows (18%), 172 sounds (10%)
+** some three rows: 516 rows (18%), 172 sounds (10%)
-** the rest match from four to seven rows: 441 rows (15%), 97 sounds (5%)
+** the rest, four to seven rows: 441 rows (15%), 97 sounds (5%)
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