Looking for a way to check if a word is pronounceable

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Measure the pronounceability of a word?

There are a lot of pronounceable random password generators. I am looking for the reverse. I like to know if a given word is pronounceable.

Purpose: I am looking for a new domain name, you probably have gone though this as well.

i don't think the `word` tag is intended for this :) – shevski May 19 '11 at 21:30 — shevski, May 19 '11 at 21:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 19 '11 at 21:32

I would use the function levenstein against a dictionary.

Additional regex patterns to check for overused vowels or repeated consonants after each other would also be of great help.

PS: This is not the real use of levenstein but I'm sure it might be of good use for this.

Just my idea.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '11 at 21:39

There are a lot of ways to approach this, but here's what I would use:

1) Get a dictionary like /usr/share/dict/words

2) Write a program that looks at each letter and figures out the odds of any letter following it. For example, it might find that an E has a 1% chance of being followed by an A, or that an X has a 5% chance of being followed by the end of the word.

This should let you generate things that are word-like, but not words themselves.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '11 at 05:05

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I think language model probability can help you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_model

answered May 20 '11 at 05:05

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 20 '11 at 05:10

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I go to the terminal (mac) and type in say.

Such as

Say Hello World!

answered May 20 '11 at 05:10

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Looking for a way to check if a word is pronounceable

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