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An '''actual word''' is a [[lexeme]] that exists in the [[mental lexicon]] of the speakers and can be retrieved from there, as opposed to a [[potential word]], which could be used, but has to be formed on the fly by speakers (see Aronoff 1983).

=== Examples ===

All simple words are actual words, but only some of the complex words are actual words. Probably English ''happiness'' is an actual word for most speakers, while ''mandatoriness'' is only a potential, but not an actual word for most speakers.

=== Synonyms ===
* [[usual word]]
* [[existing word]] (e.g. Bauer 1988:62-64, Bauer 2001:34)
* ''occurring word'' (Allen 1978:25)

=== Origin ===
Maybe the term was coined by Aronoff (1976).

=== References ===
*Aronoff, Mark. 1983. Potential words, actual words, productivity and frequency. ''Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Linguists'', 163-171.
*Bauer, Laurie. 2001. ''Morphological productivity.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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