Re: Search Standard Dictionary File
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:50:02 -0700, S. Estrin <S.
Estrin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Is there a way to seach the standard Dictionary file (not the custom
>dictionary) that WORD uses to check spelling? For example, I would like to
>obtain a list of all words in the dictionary that contain "ism".
No, there is no such method. The main dictionary isn't organized as
individual words, but as a set of roots, prefixes, suffixes, and rules
for combining them. Also, it's a binary format file, not something you
can open in an editor and make any sense of it.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:54:39 -0400
author: Jay Freedman
