Spell Checking

tags : Programming Languages,Regular Expressions

Some History §

Spellcheckers §

These are usually based in their dictionary formats and how well they support certain language construction. Some languages allow really strange things that simple word dictionaries don’t cut it.

• ispell : “original” spellchecker from GNU, very old. (Before unicode, needs special treatment w utf-8)
• aspell : Improves ispell w better unicode support
• myspell : This was created for open-office. (unicode support + multiple languages)
• hunspell : Originally developed for hungarian, based on myspell, later replaced myspell

Dictionaries §

Spellcheck wrapper §

• enchant : Wrapper library that let’s us interface with multiple spellcheckers easily

Language packs §

This is usually translations for program’s UI. But it’s a wordy word.