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[Serge]

i'm thinking of writing a program that would generate possible misspelling of words and was wondering about the rules of misspelling i should consider incorporating

i have heard of using the idea of key proximity so that NOEL could be misspelt as MOEL or NIEL and so on

i thought also of "p" inside a word being doubled so that DEVELOPED becomes DEVELOPPED, likewise with "m" and "l"

i also thought of vowels sometimes going missing so that PROGRAM becomes PRGRAM or PROGRM

any other ideas?

thanks in advance

serge

[Skit3000]

Hi Serge,

May I ask what you want to do with such a program? Should it get a word and output it with as much misspellings as possible, or is it a kind of "correct the wrong word" program for teaching kids how to write?

[Boo]

Hi Serge,

I taught English as a Second Language for 2 1/2 years in South Korea, so this is a subject that interests me.

There are a lot of things to consider, but here are a few that come to mind:

"s" - s or es? [potatos potatoes?]

vowel reversal - speil spiel splendour splenduor

incorrect vowel usage - privileged or priveleged algorythm or algorithm

confusion with consonants - hatch hach

etc., etc., etc.

Here are a few sites that may help you:

http://dissc.tees.ac.uk/Mistakes/Spelling/SpellMenu.html

http://www.nc.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/susan.htm

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/sfastrs.htm
(scroll down to second half of page or so)

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/spelling.htm

Cheers,

- Boo

[jules]

I think the problem with most spelling checkers is that they assume that people can type perfectly, and that they have typed what they intended to type.

I never use a spell checker as I can spell perfectly, but I have never learned to type. Consequently I often hit the adjacent keys to the ones I want, or I hit two keys at once. I nearly always type "norepad" instead of "notepad" or "pront" instead of "print."

I would love to see a checker that changed what I type to what I meant to type, based on the proximity of the keys I hit to the ones I should have hit.

[Skit3000]

[JRoza]

Jules,

For just that purpose I (mis)use Macro Express from Insight Software.
If I mispell a word constantly like your "norepad" I put in a shortkey "norepad" that automatically changes the text to "notepad".
Although Macro Express can do lots of more things I mainly use it as a sort of spellchecker that works in any Windows program.

[Serge]

thanks for all your replies

skit - i want to find all the possible misspelling of words (obviously in English)

boo - thanks for your input and links, i will check them out

merry christmas to all

serge