[PLUG] Word List

[Richard Owlett]

On 8/1/2016 3:58 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
> I feel a need for some concentrated word play.
>
> Is there a word list (i.e., a spelling dictionary or similar) that would
> (A) be found in most standard Linux distributions (or at least Ubuntu),
> and (B) be in plain text format or some other easy-to-parse format?
>
> I'd like to be able to do regex searches on all the words in the English
> language.
>

Sir, be careful what you ask for. You *DID* say "_all_ the words 
in the English language."

If you are looking "free" [as in free beer], there are lists of 
the N most common English words [ N being a few thousand]. The 
lists are aimed at English as Second Language. If you are looking 
for rare words there are lists aimed a Scrabble(TM) players. 
Never checked price or availability in electronic format. If you 
don't mind a dated list that would need some pre-processing I 
believe there are dictionaries in the Gutenberg Project.

YMMV ;/