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Hello, here you can find words in Finnegans Wake, based on visual similarity.
Finnegans Wake is full of invented words. Joyce used these words to extend (or pun on) associations between words. FW can be seen as a running collection of themes through affinities between words.
This search engine helps you surf the wake by delivering a menu of words that may have both visual and semantic (meaningful) similarity to a queried word.
Try it! If you know a thing or two about FW, search "Plurabelle" as a starter. Notice results such as "pluviabilla", "elizabeliza", and "penumbrella".
Click on a result to view it in-line of Finnegans Wake text