Is there a meaningful correlation between spelling and programming ability?
Is there a meaningful correlation between spelling and grammatical ability, and programming ability? ...
spelling
Word suggestion
Duplicate of how does the google did you mean algorithm work does anyone know how to write a word suggestion feature like Google's "did you mean?" feature? or know where I can find code samples. Thanks ...
Any good spell checkers for source code?
I am constantly putting typos in my projects (google has officially ruined my spelling). Does anybody know of a plugin for VS or a general spell checker that will check string values that are in quotation marks (double and single), preferably free? ...
Indexes or Indices?
A table can have 1 index, or it has two or more ind...??? Is it Indexes or Indices? I'm just asking since I've noticed that they're both used quite often. Even the Wikipedia page seems to support both spellings, although it prefers to use Indexes. Or, just to make it simple... Which spelling is the preferred one? ...
Twitter Trending Topics: Combine different spellings
Hello! Twitter's Trending Topics often consist of more than just one word. But for composed terms there are often different ways of spelling, e.g.: "Half Blood Prince" / "Half-Blood Prince" To find all updates mentioning a Trending Topic, you need all the ways of spelling. Twitter does this: You have the topic name on the left and ...
FxCop spell check trips on company name in namespace
I am trying out FxCop (through the UI for the moment, not included in CruiseControl.NET etc.) and am running into some issues. It seems the spell checker does not like my client's company name and the product name and it asks me to: Correct the spelling of 'CompanyName' in namespace name 'CompanyName.Product.TimerJobs.FeatureReceivers'...
Spelling Suggestor in ASP.NET
Hi All, I need to build a spelling suggestor in ASP.NET... The below are my requirement. Case 1: My list of words are not just englist words but will also includes some codes like AACD, ESSA, BIMER etc... I may provide such (New) words from Database. Case 2: I also need a similar spelling suggestor for Non-English Language, Even he...
Other forms of "kluge"?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kluge Who knew that the word "kluge" had its roots in computer software/hardware? Ok, so... what are the other forms of this word, and how do you spell them? Specifically, how do I spell this usage: "My solution is klugier than yours." Or is that, simply, poor form? Is it better to say "more k...
Generate words that fit in Guids (just for fun)
I have some tests that use guids. The guids used don't need to be enormously unique, they just need to be guids. Random guids are boring - so I'm trying to find fun guid words. Right now, I don't have anything better than "00000000-feed-dada-iced-c0ffee000000". Ideally I'd generate a list of verbs, nouns, prepositions. Having only spent...
Spell check in winforms
In my win forms c# app, I want to be able to add spell check functionality. But, I want to do it my own way, and NOT use any other components. All I need is just an online service where i can send a request or something and it tells me whether or not the word i sent was spelled correctly. Preferred but not required: The ability for that...
Is there an java API to retreive the sound for word pronunciation?
Most of the dictionary sites provide a mechanism to hear the sound of the word, are there API(s) which allow you to retreive this sound file. eSpindle seems to do this, but I don't think this is free. ...
How to i do a 'fuzzy string comparison' to check spelling of word in iphone app?
Hi, I want to implement a spell checker in my iphone app and I was wondering how to do a 'fuzzy string comparison' between the entered string and the NSArray containing the dictonary words and highlight possible corrections? Is there a class that will do this already or a library that someone can recommend? Thanks! ...
How would I find common misspellings of a given word using aspell or another tool
For a given word I'd like to find the n closest misspellings. I was wondering if an open source spell checker like aspell would be useful in that context unless you have other suggestions. For example: 'health' would give me: ealth, halth, heallth, healf, ... ...
Spelling of "Username" vs. "User Name"
What is the correct spelling of "Username" / "User name"? With or without the space? I know that both are commonly accepted, but is there any data to backup that one is more common than the other. Or, does Microsoft practice using one form, while Linux, for example, uses another? Very trivial, but it would be nice to know for consistency...
Real world typo statistics?
Where can I find some real world typo statistics? I'm trying to match people's input text to internal objects, and people tend to make spelling mistakes. There are 2 kinds of mistakes: typos - "Helllo" instead of "Hello" / "Satudray" instead of "Saturday" etc. Spelling - "Shikago" instead of "Chicago" I use Damerau-Levenshte...
Spelling -- hotfix, hot-fix, hot fix ...
It's not directly programming related, admittedly, but at some point most software's has bugs that need to be fixed "now. Really now. No it can't wait." And a debate's opened up internally on exactly how hotfix/hot-fix/hot fix should be spelt: i.e., two words, one word, hyphenated. Googling around there doesnt' seem to be any consisten...
PHP spell checking tool
Is there such a tool that finds language/spelling errors in code comment and strings in PHP code? for example, <?php $myVar = "Hollo World"; //this is a code commont with spelling error /*this is anothor wrong comment*/ ?> If I run such a tool, then it will find 'Hollo', 'commont', and 'anothor' spelling errors for me. Thanks for an...
Where to find audio recordings for a 'learn to spell' program?
Where can I find or buy, in bulk, recordings of 20,000+ English words, read by native speakers? (preferably available as individual audio files with an index) I don't want to use a "text to speech" program if possible because the quality isn't good enough for people who are trying to learn a language. ...
Can you programmatically accept a spelling correction in UITextView?
I have a button that inserts a character into a UITextView. I want this button to behave as the spacebar button does; I want the pending autocorrect suggestion to be accepted upon pressing it. Can this be done? If so, how? Thanks! ...