correct: correct

In spellcheckr: Correct the Spelling of a Given Word in the English Language

Description

Correct the spelling of a given word in the english language.

Usage

correct(wd = NULL, maxedit = 2, dictionary = NULL)

Arguments

wd	Character. The word to be spell corrected.
maxedit	Integer. The maximum number of edits allowed to reach the correct word. Max allowed is 3.
dictionary	Character Vector of eligible words to be considered. Repeated words will get more weightage.

Details

This is based on Peter Norvig's spell correct algorithm http://norvig.com/spell.py. But this one is modified to handle upto three edits.

Value

The corrected word.

Author(s)

Selva Prabhakaran [e-mail]

Examples

data(dict)
correct("scaret")
correct("beliebe")

Example output

[1] "scarlet"
[1] "believe"

spellcheckr documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:18 a.m.