I've just added a large collection of QTYP spell-checker dictionaries to the
Dictionaries page on my website at http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/index.html along
with a few Lexicons, mostly for Celtic languages (Welsh, Irish and Scottish
Gaelic, Manx and Breton). These Lexicons are mostly in plain text format, while
the QTYP lists are in pure QTYP dictionary format.
The Lexicons are like traditional printed dictionaries on the whole. There's a
list of them below. There are many more, and they will be added as time allows.
I've included a little 2,500 entry Pocket English dictionary as well as the
Celtic language ones I've already converted.
The Lexicons include:
Welsh/English dictionary
Irish Gaelic/English dictionary
Scottish Gaelic/English dictionary
English/Manx language dictionary
Breton/English dictionary
English language pocket dictionary
The QTYP files have been compiled from internet based word lists and from
PD/Shareware CD-ROMs, plus a few freeware QL-original dictionaries e.g. from
national user group freeware collections in Europe.
Using something like Geoff Wicks's QTYP Expand routine elsewhere on my website,
QTYP owners can extract the word lists from these as plain text files quite
easily, e.g. if you want to port them for use on other computers, or adapt them
for use with other QL software. In their present format, once unzipped they can
be used with QTYP and related applications like Spellcrib.
Due to the sheer size of the expanded plain text versions, I won't be putting
them on my website since I doubt that the anticipated low demand will not make
it worthwhile committing such a lot of webspace to them. I am keeping the plain
text dictionaries on my hard disk as part of the PD Library and would be able
to supply them as a QXL.WIN CD-R for example.
Below is a list of filenames, download size in brackets, language, number of
words in each dictionary (as reported by QTYP_DED dictionary editor) and the
actual size of the QTYP dictionary when unzipped. The plain text wordlists
extracted from these dictionaries will generally be much larger, because QTYP
applies some compression.
Obviously if anyone has more QTYP dictionaries I would be pleased to add them
to the collection. Of all the QTYP language dictionaries I was able to locate,
the one I want isn't among them - Welsh. If anyone can find a Welsh word list
of suitable size for a spell checker (20,000+ words) on the web I would be very
happy to receive a copy! All the ones I've been able to find are either too
small or in a format I can't decode.
Here's the list of QTYP dictionaries uploaded. I'd like to acknowledge the help
of Robert Newson in decoding some of these files - he found an invaluable
source of information on the file formats.
FILENAME LANGUAGE WORDS UNZIPPED LENGTH
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qtyp_danish25k.zip (52K) Danish 25,191 77,452 bytes.
qtyp_dutch47k.zip (99K) Dutch 47,698 153,195 bytes.
qtyp_dutch72k.zip (134K) Dutch 72,645 183,061 bytes.
qtyp_dutch177k.zip (225K) Dutch 177,799 438,466 bytes.
qtyp_french89k.zip (43K) French 89,151 189,304 bytes.
qtyp_french136k.zip (77K) French 136,560 284,936 bytes.
qtyp_german25k.zip (63K) German 25,907 87,615 bytes.
qtyp_german48k.zip (64K) German 48,180 119,221 bytes.
qtyp_german82k.zip (78K) German 82,068 115,156 bytes.
qtyp_italian21k.zip (34K) Italian 21,691 43,614 bytes.
qtyp_italian46k.zip (66K) Italian 46,339 128,736 bytes.
qtyp_italian60k.zip (36K) Italian 60,418 142,311 bytes.
qtyp_italian87k.zip (81K) Italian 87,245 217,952 bytes.
qtyp_latin77k.zip (35K) Latin 76,990 155,904 bytes.
qtyp_norwegian61k.zip (97K) Norwegian 61,652 155,339 bytes.
qtyp_portuguese38k.zip (69K) Portuguese 38,294 132,085 bytes.
qtyp_spanish86k.zip (142K) Spanish 86,056 264,174 bytes.
qtyp_swedish23k.zip (40K) Swedish 23,482 68,368 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish11K.zip (22K) English (UK) 11,701 26,955 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish20k.zip (47K) English (UK) 21,110 61,650 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish25K.zip (54K) English (UK) 25,085 70,613 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish29K.zip (44K) English (UK) 29,855 58,071 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish35K.zip (56K) English (UK) 35,520 72,282 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish48k.zip (79K) English (UK) 48,859 104,014 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish55K.zip (73K) English (UK) 55,403 98,114 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish60k.zip (71K) English (UK) 60,387 100,043 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish70k.zip (99K) English (UK) 70,762 134,872 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish72K.zip (99K) English (UK) 72,041 135,237 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish75k.zip (105K) English (UK) 75,000 143,018 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish82k.zip (119K) English (UK) 82,060 161,039 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish93k.zip (128K) English (UK) 93,386 175,044 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish108k.zip (150K) English (UK) 108,917 206,163 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish115k.zip (159K) English (UK) 115,904 218,333 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish125k.zip (197K) English (UK) 125,909 268,359 bytes.
qtyp_UKenglish147k.zip (219K) English (UK) 147,321 300,635 bytes.
qtyp_UKUSAenglish300K.zip (509K) English (UK+USA) 308,079 718,279 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish21k.zip (47K) English (USA) 21,110 61,649 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish35k.zip (63K) English (USA) 35,475 86,935 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish39K.zip (52K) English (USA) 39,213 69,213 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish48k.zip (71K) English (USA) 48,292 94,246 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish61k.zip (81K) English (USA) 61,336 110,200 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish130k.zip (165K) English (USA) 130,792 234,467 bytes.
qtyp_USAenglish235K.zip (445K) English (USA) 234,236 638,624 bytes.
Once unzipped, the dictionary filenames are the same as the zipped copies, but
without the .zip suffix, e.g. QTYP_portuguese38k.zip contains
qtyp_portuguese38k. Rename these as required, or configure QTYP to use
whichever dictionary you want.
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Dilwyn Jones
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