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== 🛠 Entry Construction Tools ==
== Entry Construction Tools ==


=== Corpus & Usage Research ===
=== Corpus & Usage Research ===
* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' — Track historical frequency of words.
 
* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' — Modern usage patterns.
* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' — [https://books.google.com/ngrams Google Ngram Viewer] 
* '''British National Corpus''' — British English usage data.
  Track historical frequency of words.
* '''Sketch Engine''' — Advanced corpus querying (professional tool).
 
* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ english-corpora.org/coca] 
  Modern American English usage patterns.
 
* '''British National Corpus''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/ english-corpora.org/bnc] 
  British English usage data.
 
* '''Sketch Engine''' — [https://www.sketchengine.eu/ sketchengine.eu] 
  Advanced corpus querying (professional tool).
 
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=== Etymology Research ===
=== Etymology Research ===
* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' — Quick-reference etymology.
 
* '''Wiktionary''' — Collaborative etymology chains.
* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' — [https://www.etymonline.com/ etymonline.com] 
* '''Perseus Digital Library''' — Classical language references.
  Quick-reference etymology.
* Historical dictionaries (OED, Webster 1828, etc.).
 
* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org] 
  Collaborative etymology chains and multilingual entries.
 
* '''Perseus Digital Library''' — [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ perseus.tufts.edu] 
  Classical Greek and Latin texts.
 
* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com] 
  Historical English dictionary (subscription required).
 
* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com] 
  Early American English reference.
 
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=== Pronunciation Tools ===
=== Pronunciation Tools ===
* IPA Chart resources
 
* Forvo (crowdsourced pronunciation)
* '''IPA Chart (International Phonetic Alphabet)''' — [https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/full-ipa-chart ipa chart] 
* Wiktionary audio archives
 
* '''Forvo''' — [https://forvo.com/ forvo.com] 
  Crowdsourced pronunciation recordings.
 
* '''Wiktionary Audio Archives''' — [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation commons pronunciation category] 
  Community-recorded pronunciation files.
 
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=== Frequency & Register Checking ===
=== Frequency & Register Checking ===
* Word frequency lists
 
* Academic corpora
* '''Word Frequency Lists''' — [https://www.wordfrequency.info/ wordfrequency.info] 
* Literary corpora
 
* '''Google Scholar''' — [https://scholar.google.com/ scholar.google.com] 
  Academic register reference.
 
* '''Project Gutenberg''' — [https://www.gutenberg.org/ gutenberg.org] 
  Literary corpora for historical usage.


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