How AI reads mis | LLMsaurus

1 Your word measured

noun 8 senses 23 synonyms

Definitions come from WordNet, a hand-curated dictionary.

2 To an AI, it's pieces measured

DeepSeek V3 mis 1 token

Mistral 7B mis 1 token

Qwen3 8B mis 1 token

This is the tokenizer splitting text, not the model understanding it.

3 Synonyms, antonyms, and the AI measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

The model’s neighbours

misplace0.72 vermis0.29 dis0.19 disclaims0.17 mes0.16 disfunction0.15 pestis0.15 discharges0.15

Dictionary synonyms measured

Michigan0.10 mile0.04 knot0.03 myocardial infarction myocardial infarct MI nautical mile naut mi mi geographical mile Admiralty mile international nautical mile air mile statute mile stat mi land mile international mile Wolverine State Great Lakes State Security Service Military Intelligence Section 5 Secret Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Section 6

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to mis. 3 of 23 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

The model’s neighbours

misplace0.77 miss0.31 missy0.27 dis0.25 mississippi0.23 sus0.23 missouri0.22 disney0.22

Dictionary synonyms measured

Michigan0.04 knot0.04 mile0.01 myocardial infarction myocardial infarct MI nautical mile naut mi mi geographical mile Admiralty mile international nautical mile air mile statute mile stat mi land mile international mile Wolverine State Great Lakes State Security Service Military Intelligence Section 5 Secret Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Section 6

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to mis. 3 of 23 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

The model’s neighbours

misuse0.78 misery0.77 misplace0.75 misleading0.72 miscible0.70 misconduct0.69 miscellaneous0.57 misdemeanor0.53

Dictionary synonyms measured

Michigan0.06 mile0.04 knot0.02 myocardial infarction myocardial infarct MI nautical mile naut mi mi geographical mile Admiralty mile international nautical mile air mile statute mile stat mi land mile international mile Wolverine State Great Lakes State Security Service Military Intelligence Section 5 Secret Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Section 6

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to mis. 3 of 23 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

Model neighbours are distributional, not dictionary synonyms. Two words can be close because they appear in similar sentences, which is why an antonym can outscore a synonym here.

4 Its personality measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

Scores are projections onto axes we defined from anchor words, not labels the model assigns.

5 Surprising neighbours measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

disclaimers0.142 osmosis0.141 mas0.135 shigellosis0.135 mesenchyme0.132

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to mis. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

disclaims0.216 mist0.205 disjunct0.200 misty0.199 disclaimers0.197

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to mis. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

dis0.207 malar0.183 mist0.180 malay0.176 disks0.173

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to mis. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

These are statistical associations in the training data, not the model thinking.