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dictionary header file
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:50 pm
by rich_m
is there somthing like a dictionary header file or a database with all the words in it, tht could be used in programs, like suppose i wanted to write a program to list out all possible words with more than 3 vowels in them, how would i do it?
Re:dictionary header file
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:16 am
by Neo
Not too sure but, try to have a look at aspell (google for more info).
Re:dictionary header file
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:24 am
by jelleghys
You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?
I have a file containing over 16.000 Dutch words.
Re:dictionary header file
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:02 am
by Candy
Jelle wrote:
You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?
I have a file containing over 16.000 Dutch words.
I have a few files containing over 8000 English words too. They're called reports.
That's not just a stab. You could try getting a load of plain-text files (try Linux howto's for example) to get a lot of words, then use common filtering techniques (pipe to sort, pipe to uniq) to filter out doubles and that gives you a word list.
Re:dictionary header file
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:05 am
by rich_m
Posted by: Jelle
You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?...
just to confirm, it is English.
Posted by: Candy
That's not just a stab. You could try getting a load of plain-text files (try Linux howto's for example) to get a lot of words,...........
I don't have a linux os at home ATM. will try it out ASAP.
Re:dictionary header file
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:11 pm
by Candy
rich_m wrote:
I don't have a linux os at home ATM. will try it out ASAP.
You can still get their howto's etc from
TLDP, The Linux Documentation Project.