Re: [aspell-devel] suggestion algorithm

2005-10-26 Thread Karl Chen
decipehr soundslike TSPR decipher soundslike TSF corretcing soundslike KRTSN correcting soundslike KRKTN Summary of my understanding: - Metaphone is a transformation from text to a "sounds-like" representation, very similar to Soundex. - Ispell suggests words with small edit-distance in the

Re: [aspell-devel] suggestion algorithm

2005-10-20 Thread Kevin Atkinson
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Karl Chen wrote: Hi, I find for some words aspell makes uncharacteristically bad suggestions. I typed "decipehr". The top 20 suggestions (alphabetically): I think "decipher" , a one-character transposition (edit distance of 1) should be a better suggestion than an

[aspell-devel] suggestion algorithm

2005-10-19 Thread Karl Chen
Hi, I find for some words aspell makes uncharacteristically bad suggestions. I typed "decipehr". The top 20 suggestions (alphabetically): Cipro Desirae Desiree Desiri Diaspora dapperer desire despair despairs despise despite despoiler des