Dictionary text file
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I am writing a program that needs A LOT of words of the English language. I am trying to find a dictionary file that has a lot of words. Does anyone know of a good source? I tried many sources but they don't seem to have it.
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Solution 1 - Dictionary
What about /usr/share/dict/words on any Unix system? How many words are we talking about? Like OED-Unabridged?
Solution 2 - Dictionary
For an English dictionary .txt file, you can use Custom Dictionary.
You can also generate a list aspell or wordlist with own settings.
Also you can take a look at http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/
Only english words: http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~foster/dictionary.txt
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Also take a look at:
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http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~foster/dictionary.txt
350,000 words
Very late, but might be useful for others.
Solution 5 - Dictionary
There's also WordNet. Its data files format are well-documented.
I used it for building an embeddable dictionary library for iOS developers (www.lexicontext.com) and also in one of my apps.
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@Future-searchers: you can use aspell to do the dictionary checks, it has bindings in ruby and python. It would make your job much simpler.