metropolitan-bronze•2mo ago
Why do dictionaries sometimes prioritize unrelated words?
In this context, "なん" is written in hiragana and is part of a very common phrase ("なんだろう"), yet the dictionary defaults to showing me a completely different word as the first definition written in katakana ("ナン"). I get that it's not always easy to determine the right word in every context, but why does it prioritize a completely different word form and meaning in this case? Is it some settings?
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metropolitan-bronzeOP•2mo ago
Like NaN comes before 何. Can my frequency dicts affect this?
metropolitan-bronzeOP•2mo ago
I just found out it was the order of the frequency list. I didn't know that it changed the prioritization. I had Netflix at the top, by putting NHK at the top, things got much better.
