How can convert a dictionary file (.dic) with an affix file (.aff) to create a list of words?

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Im looking at a dictionary file (".dic") and its associated "aff" file. What I'm trying to do is combine the rules in the "aff" file with the words in the "dic" file to create a global list of all words contained within the dictionary file.

The documentation behind these files is difficult to find. Does anyone know of a resource that I can learn from?

Is there any code out there that will already do this (am I duplicating an effort that I don't need to)?

thanks!

Rubén Morales · Answer 1 · 2017-08-08T23:46:42.197

According to Pillowcase, here it's an example of usage:

# Download dictionary
wget -O ./dic/es_ES.aff "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbosio/rla-es/master/source-code/hispalabras-0.1/hispalabras/es_ES.aff"
wget -O ./dic/es_ES.dic "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbosio/rla-es/master/source-code/hispalabras-0.1/hispalabras/es_ES.dic"

# Compile program
wget -O ./dic/unmunch.cxx "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hunspell/hunspell/master/src/tools/unmunch.cxx"
wget -O ./dic/unmunch.h "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hunspell/hunspell/master/src/tools/unmunch.h"
g++ -o ./dic/unmunch ./dic/unmunch.cxx

# Generate dictionary
./dic/unmunch ./dic/es_ES.dic ./dic/es_ES.aff 2> /dev/null > ./dic/es_ES.txt.bk
sort ./dic/es_ES.txt.bk > ./dic/es_ES.txt # Opcional
rm ./dic/es_ES.txt.bk # Opcional

Great! I share the generated file (it's unsorted) for those whom want a **unmunched spanish dictionary** and have not access to a linux terminal: [es_ES.txt](https://www.4shared.com/office/PL_9bh_diq/es_ES.html) — Leopoldo Sanczyk, Jun 15 '21 at 01:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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These could be Hunspell dictionary files. Unfortunately, the command to create a "global" or unmunched wordlist only fully support simple .aff and .dic files.

From the documentation.

unmunch: list all recognized words of a MySpell dictionary

Syntax:

unmunch dic_file affix_file

Try it and see what happens. For generating all wordforms for one word only, look here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Jun 03 '13 at 13:06

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 16:26

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You need a utility called munch.exe to apply the aff rules to the dic file.

answered Mar 30 '11 at 16:26

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 11 '23 at 00:29

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As other answers have pointed out, the command-line program unmunch, from Hunspell, supposedly does what you want. However this program is outdated and very buggy. See this answer for more detail and alternatives.

answered Jul 11 '23 at 00:29

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How can convert a dictionary file (.dic) with an affix file (.aff) to create a list of words?

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