Hi,

I need a rather large database of English words, something like 
5,000+. I've found online dictionaries which offer you their database, 
but those contain words which I do not desire. This is for a random 
word type-of-program, and the words need to be simple and non-vulgar.

Free databases would be great but I am also willing to pay a 
reasonable fee for one.

Thanks in advance,
Chen Avinadav

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 26 Jan 2003 10:27 PST

I have a 2,000 word list of the most common (non vulgar) English words
with part of speech included, but a 5,000 word list is turning out to
be elusive.  Maybe some other researcher can find it, but if not, let
me know if the 2K list would suffice as an answer.

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Clarification of Question by tubedogg-ga on 26 Jan 2003 11:21 PST

Hi pafalafa-ga,

I think a list of 2,000 words would be good enough. Please note that I
need "real" words only, and not "a", "and", "me", etc.

Thanks,
Chen

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 26 Jan 2003 12:51 PST

Palafala-ga has informed me that he thinks that the list he found is
not as good as the lists I've found.  I have looked at the list that
palafala-ga found, and note that it includes words such as "a", "and",
and "me".

I would be happy to post the lists that I've already found; however, I
intend to look around for a single list that meets your criteria,
since I am certain that such a list would make a good answer.

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 26 Jan 2003 12:53 PST

Oops, I meant "pafalafa-ga" -- sorry Pafalafa!

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Clarification of Question by tubedogg-ga on 26 Jan 2003 14:03 PST

Hi justaskscott-ga,

According to your comment at 12:06 PST your list seems to be exactly
what I'm looking for. I'm sure pafalafa-ga won't mind if you do get
this question, as he said "Maybe some other researcher can find it".

If you could please post the information you have as an answer I would
be happy to accept it.

Thank you,
Chen

Hello tubedogg-ga,

Here is the series of lists that I found.  These include a list of
5,449 nouns, 4,874 verbs, 929 adjectives, and other, more specialized
categories.  (I'm not sure whether these lists are (or can be) under
copyright, so you might want to check with the publisher of this page
if you plan to use the words in a commercial program.)

"Handy Word Lists"
The WordsWorth Compendium
http://dictionary-thesaurus.com/Wordlists.html

As I indicated previously, I would be happy to look for a single list,
if these multiple lists do not suit your needs.

- justaskscott-ga


Search term used on Google:

"word lists"

Thank you, that's great.

Hi tubedogg-ga,

I was working on your question when you posted your clarification.  In
order to be fair to palafala-ga, I will be happy to move aside so that
palafala-ga can answer the question.  However, if palafala-ga's list
does not meet your criteria of "'real' words only", then I have a
possible alternative: a series of lists -- over 5000 nouns, nearly
5,000 verbs, etc. -- that do seem to meet your criteria.  If this
series of lists does not meet your needs, then I believe I could find
a single list that would.  However, I would not feel disappointed if
palafala-ga has found or does subsequently find an appropriate list
and posts it as the answer.

Wordnet from Princton University - http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn

Free database of over 135,000 words.

"English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into
synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept.
Different relations link the synonym sets."

Write your own Query to extract your word types and complexities.

Raw Text of WordNet Database can be found here:
http://wordnet2sql.infocity.cjb.net/download.html

Or email me for an already converted MDB file.