Keywords dictionary

Question

I developed a web site to search a database of videos indexed by keywords. There are several keywords that are repeated like "kid" and "kids" or "children"

I'd like that when users search for a keyword they will find also videos with similar keywords and keywords translation (ex. "kid" > "kinder").

I was thinking about using an external dictionary, there's Google dictionary but it does not provide APIs.

Have you got any idea on how can I do that?

Thanks

Giuseppe

Answer 1

WordNet provides a free-to-use (even commercially) dictionary containing synonyms.

For instance, the "kid" word contains the following synset:

Noun

• S: (n) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling (a young person of either sex) "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

See this page for libraries to access the dictionary from the language your program is in.