I explored the top twenty dictionary searches from Cambridge, which lists 'serendipity' as the most-queried word. This term identifies the lucky tendency to find valuable things by chance, highlighting a popular interest in unexpected discovery.
The top 20 dictionary searches on Cambridge’s dictionary puts serendipity on top. It means “the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things just by chance.”
Explore a comprehensive guide to body language, gestures, and facial expressions. This non-verbal dictionary defines hundreds of physical cues and signals, helping you interpret the silent language of human interaction and social behavior.
I noticed Google reached the top of Word Spy's top 100 words list, likely spurred by the company's public request for people to stop using their brand name as a generic verb.
I tracked the top daily Google Trends searches in India over several years. I've shared the dataset and am crowdsourcing the categorization of these searches to identify trends across business, entertainment, and politics for future visualization.
Topic-modeling and deeper statistical analysis of search/chat history can surface surprising personal patterns, personas, and blind spots.
I built a Tamil spelling corrector based on Peter Norvig’s algorithm to fix transliterated song lyrics. I used Project Madurai as a dictionary source and explored probabilistic methods to map phonetic English spellings to correct Tamil words.