Any known javascript/php dictionaries like 'word1', 'word2'?

Question

Just recently I was looking up about Levenshtein algorithm and after searching for an hour I couldn't find a javascript file like:

var dictionary =
    [
      'coke',
      'cokeman',
      'cokeney'
      ]

Is there a faster way to do this? I haven't found any files like this and I've heard this function is kind of slow. If I could how could I do this with php?

PHP has functions for this, but do you want a dictionary of words or an implementation in PHP? — Bailey Parker, Jul 14 '12 at 07:26
what exactly are you seeking? A JavaScript file with an Array of English dictionary words? — seanh, Jul 14 '12 at 07:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '12 at 08:05

In order to get that javascript file you could run cat /usr/share/dict/words | sed "s/^.*$/\'&\'\,/g"

replacing /usr/share/dict/words with a newline separated wordfile. Then all you have to do is add var dictionary = [ and ] maybe throwing in a semicolon at the end if you feel like it.

Any known javascript/php dictionaries like 'word1', 'word2'?

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