English dictionary world list

[Chris Smith]

Hi,

Anyone know where to get an English dictionary word list in flat text format
without definitions?

I'm going to use the wordlist as test data for something rather large.

Preferably British English but any English will do as it's only test data.

Thanks,

 

[Chris Smith]

It appears that I need it for more than test data. Thats supposed to read
word list!

 

[Andreas Kahari]

Hi,

Anyone know where to get an English dictionary word list in flat text format
without definitions?

I'm going to use the wordlist as test data for something rather large.

Preferably British English but any English will do as it's only test data.

Most Unices have one in /usr/share/dict/words or similar
location. Here's one of many web resources for such a file (see
the web2 file):

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/share/dict/

 

[Quantum Mechanic]

Hi,

Anyone know where to get an English dictionary word list in flat text format
without definitions?

The wordgame groups will have links to them. For instance, search for
Scrabble. There are many to choose from, depending on your context.
Some will adhere to certain rules, such as "only lowercase words with
no punctuation (apostrophes, hyphens)".

 

[laura fairhead]

Hi,

Anyone know where to get an English dictionary word list in flat text format
without definitions?

I'm going to use the wordlist as test data for something rather large.

Preferably British English but any English will do as it's only test data.

The ENABLE word list is American English (seems to include both
American and British spellings) but I think it's one of the
biggest word lists that is public domain;

http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/software.html


greetings from
l

 

[Gregory Toomey]

It was a dark and stormy night, and Chris Smith managed to scribble:

Hi,

Anyone know where to get an English dictionary word list in flat text
format without definitions?

I'm going to use the wordlist as test data for something rather large.

Preferably British English but any English will do as it's only test data.

Thanks,

Probably the best lists are at http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/

I use SCOWL, which has about 700,000 words in the combined lists.
I use this to help my mother solve word puzzles in magazines, and I can run a regular expression over 700,000 words in under 5 seconds.

gtoomey