naming convention:
<spelling category>-<sub-category>.<size>
Where the spelling category is one of
- english, american, british, british_z, canadian,
+ english, american, british, british_z, canadian, australian
variant_1, variant_2, variant_3,
- british_variant_1, british_variant_2,
+ british_variant_1, british_variant_2,
canadian_variant_1, canadian_variant_2,
+ australian_variant_1, australian_variant_2
Sub-category is one of
abbreviations, contractions, proper-names, upper, words
And size is one of
When manually combining the words lists the "english" spelling
category should be used as well as one of "american", "british",
-"british_z" (british with ize spelling), or "canadian". Great care
-has been taken so that only one spelling for any particular word
-is included in the main list (with some minor exceptions). When two
-variants were considered equal I randomly picked one for inclusion in
-the main word list. Unfortunately this means that my choice in how to
-spell a word may not match your choice. If this is the case you can
-try including one of the "variant_1" spelling categories which
+"british_z" (british with ize spelling), "canadian" or "australian".
+Great care has been taken so that only one spelling for any particular
+word is included in the main list (with some minor exceptions). When
+two variants were considered equal I randomly picked one for inclusion
+in the main word list. Unfortunately this means that my choice in how
+to spell a word may not match your choice. If this is the case you
+can try including one of the "variant_1" spelling categories which
includes most variants which are considered almost equal. The
"variant_1" spelling category corresponds mostly to American variants,
-while the "british_variant_1" and "canadian_variant_1" are for British
-and Canadian variants, respectively. The "variant_2" spelling
-categories include variants which are also generally considered
-acceptable, and "variant_3" contains variants which are seldom used
-and may not even be considered correct. There is no
-"british_variant_3" or "canadian_variant_3" spelling category since
+while the "british_variant_1", "canadian_variant_1" and
+"australian_variant_1" are for British, Canadian and Australian
+variants, respectively. The "variant_2" spelling categories include
+variants which are also generally considered acceptable, and
+"variant_3" contains variants which are seldom used and may not even
+be considered correct. There is no "british_variant_3",
+"canadian_variant_3" or "australian_variant_3" spelling category since
the distinction would be almost meaningless.
The "abbreviation" category includes abbreviations and acronyms which
(The "Words" column does not include the name count.)
Size 35 is the recommended small size, 50 the medium and 70 the large.
-For spell checking I recommend using 60. Sizes 70 and below contain
-words found in most dictionaries while the 80 size contains all the
-strange and unusual words people like to use in word games such as
-Scrabble (TM). While a lot of the words in the 80 size are not
-used very often, they are all generally considered valid words in the
-English language. The 95 contains just about every English word in
-existence and then some. Many of the words at the 95 level will
-probably not be considered valid English words by most people. I use
-the 60 size for the English dictionary for Aspell, and I don't
-recommend anyone use levels above 70 for spell checking. Levels above
-70 contain rarely used words which can hide misspellings of similar
-more commonly used words. For example the word "ort" can hide a
-common typo of "or". No one should need to use a size larger than 80,
-the 95 size is labeled insane for a reason.
+Sizes 70 and below contain words found in most dictionaries while the
+80 size contains all the strange and unusual words people like to use
+in word games such as Scrabble (TM). While a lot of the words in the
+80 size are not used very often, they are all generally considered
+valid words in the English language. The 95 contains just about every
+English word in existence and then some. Many of the words at the 95
+level will probably not be considered valid English words by most
+people.
+
+For spell checking I recommend using size 60. This size is the
+largest size that I am fairly confident does not contain any
+misspellings or invalid words. In addition an effort is made to
+exclude valid yet problematic words (such as "calender") from the 60
+size that are likely to be a misspelling of a more common word. The
+70 size is reasonable for those wanting a larger list and don't mind a
+few errors. The 80 or larger sizes are not reasonable for spell
+checking.
Accents are present on certain words such as café in iso8859-1 format.
CHANGES:
+From Version 2018.04.16 to 2019.10.06
+
+ Various new words.
+
+ Remove compare's and fail's.
+
+From Version 2017.08.24 to 2018.04.16
+
+ Various new words.
+
+ Fix build problems on macOS.
+
+From Version 2017.01.22 to 2017.08.24
+
+ Various new words.
+
+From Version 2016.11.20 to 2017.01.22
+
+ Various new words.
+
+From Version 2016.06.26 to 2016.11.20
+
+ New Australian spelling category thanks to the work of Benjamin
+ Titze (btitze@protonmail.ch)
+
+ Various new words.
+
+From Version 2016.01.19 to 2016.06.26
+
+ Various new words.
+
+ Updated to Version 6.0.2 of 12dicts
+
+ Other minor changes.
+
+From Version 2015.08.24 to 2016.01.19
+
+ Various new words.
+
+ Clarified README to indicate why the 60 size is the preferred size
+ for spell checking.
+
+ Remove some very uncommon possessive forms.
+
+ Change "SET UTF8" to "SET UTF-8" in hunspell affix file.
+
From Version 2015.05.18 to 2015.08.24 (Aug 24, 2015)
Various new words.
Add schema and scripts for creating a SQLite database from SCOWL.
Add some utility and library functions using them. This database is
- used by the new web app's (http://app.aspel.net/lookup & create).
+ used by the new web app's (http://app.aspell.net/lookup & create).
Enhance speller/make-hunspell-dict. The biggest improvement is that
it that it now generates several more dictionaries in addition to
Moved rarely used inflections of a word into higher number lists.
-From 7.1
-
- Shifted the variant levels so that level 0 is now 1, level 1 now 2,
- and level 2 now 3.
-
Added other inflections of a words based on the following criteria
If the word is in the base form: only include that word.
If the word is in a plural form: include the base word and the plural
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