bpops Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'm looking for a free English dictionary that might be ready to go (or could be parsed) for entry into a MySQL database. This might be used, for example, to spell check entries on a website, or create a website like dictionary.com Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146172-looking-for-free-dictionary/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 You might be able to find a word list somewhere and create your own similar spelling lists (soundex()s or something), but I doubt you're going to find a dictionary. Putting together a dictionary would take quite a bit of time, so I doubt anyone will want to give away a conveniently formatted digital dictionary for free. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146172-looking-for-free-dictionary/#findComment-767439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NargsBrood Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 You can find word lists everywhere if you do a google search.... you will have to import the list into your db structure though which shouldnt be hard. try this site http://www.net-comber.com/wordurls.html Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146172-looking-for-free-dictionary/#findComment-767526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aspell dictionaries are GPL'ed. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146172-looking-for-free-dictionary/#findComment-769053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpops Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thank you guys for the helpful replies. I'm going to take a look at the free spell-checker and online word lists tonight Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146172-looking-for-free-dictionary/#findComment-769131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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