where can I find a good wordlist

Question

I'm looking for a file that is a wordlist and also is set up by type of word. For example something in this format

Nouns: {
    bus
    car
    deck
    elephant
    ...
}
Adjectives {
    awful
    bashful
    ...
}
Advervb {
    ...
}

Any ideas?

See also: [stackoverflow.com/questions/2288953/Separate word lists for nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2288953/separate-word-lists-for-nouns-verbs-adjectives-etc). Could your question be a duplicate of the one I linked? — Luc, Jan 15 '18 at 08:58

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 18:19

6

The MOBY word list is almost exactly what you're looking for: http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/mpos.html

answered Mar 12 '13 at 18:19

astine

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

3

One problem is that the word type depends on usage and context. For example, 'root' can be a noun or verb.

On a Unix/Linux system with aspell installed, this will give you all the words in the dictionary:

aspell dump master

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

answered Jan 23 '11 at 04:39

payne

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '11 at 04:32

1

Most flavors of linux ship with a file called dictionary. It's got all English words you might want, but they are not categorized.

answered Jan 23 '11 at 04:32

rahul

5

Where is this `dictionary` file located? I'm aware of `words`. The words file is usually stored at `/usr/share/dict/words` or `/usr/dict/words`. – Craig McQueen Dec 26 '13 at 23:35

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 12:41

To obtain human readable output, you need to use ASPELL twice:

aspell -d en dump master | aspell -l en expand > words

Here is an example:

aspell -d en dump master | aspell -l en expand
...
abases
abbesses
abscess
abscess's
abscissa
abuser's
abusers
abuse's
abuses
abysses
...

score -3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '11 at 04:40

-3

Here is a good list of nouns / verbs ...

Nouns

Verbs

Adverbs

answered Jan 23 '11 at 04:40

rcravens

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