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:ab: Autocorrect in JS

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NPM

Finds the best matching word using the first smallest Levenshtein distance.

Usage

Default options (uses word-list as dict)

var autocorrect = require('autocorrect')()
autocorrect('mbryo') // embryo

Custom dictionary path

var path = '/usr/share/dict/words'
var autocorrect = require('autocorrect')({dictionary: path})
autocorrect('mbryo') // embryo

Custom words

var words = ['word', 'weird', 'wired']
var autocorrect = require('autocorrect')({words: words})
autocorrect('wared') // wired

Options

  • words - a list of words to use for matching
  • dictionary - path to dictionary file

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