Dictionary text file

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I am writing a program that needs A LOT of words of the English language  I am trying to find a dictionary file that has a lot of words  Does anyone know of a good source  I tried many sources but they don t seem to have it

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Future-searchers  you can use aspell to do the dictionary checks  it has bindings in ruby and python  It would make your job much simpler

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http   www math sjsu edu  foster dictionary txt  350 000 words  Very late  but might be useful for others

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Also take a look at    http   wordlist sourceforge net

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What about  usr share dict words on any Unix system  How many words are we talking about  Like OED-Unabridged

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There s also WordNet  Its data files format are well-documented  I used it for building an embeddable dictionary library for iOS developers  www lexicontext com  and also in one of my apps

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For an English dictionary  txt file  you can use Custom Dictionary   You can also generate a list aspell or wordlist with own settings   Also you can take a look at http   wordlist sourceforge net   Only english words  http   www math sjsu edu  foster dictionary txt

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