INTRODUCTION: Here are some hints on where to find dictionaries and affix files for various languages. I have verified all of these as of 29-Nov-1993. Some of the affix files distributed with ispell are identical to or are based on the affix files at these ftp sites. Older affix files from some of these sites will require changes to the "defstringtype" and "altstringtype" statements to specify a deformatter before they will work with ispell 3.1. This is done by adding a new quoted string, "TeX" or "nroff", after the first quoted string in the statement. Sites that use large numbers of affixes, or that use ISO Latin-1 character sets, will usually get better results by using Martin Boyer's perl-based version of munchlist rather than the one distributed with ispell. This version is available for ftp from: SITE: ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca DIRECTORY: pub/ispell FILES: buildict.tar.gz COMMENTS: requires perl. Note only one "d" in file name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ISPELL AFFIX FILES: SITE: ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca DIRECTORY: pub/ispell FILES: francais-IREQ.tar.gz LANGUAGE: french COMMENTS: includes french dictionary and instructions SITE: ftp.informatik.uni-kiel.de DIRECTORY: /pub/kiel/dicts FILES: hk-deutsch.tar.gz LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: Extended from 3.1.13 affix file, includes dictionary SITE: lenti.med.umn.edu DIRECTORY: pub/cyrillic FILES: rspell.tar.Z LANGUAGE: russian COMMENTS: very preliminary; includes 50K-word russian dictionary SITE: ftp.iesd.auc.dk DIRECTORY: /pub/packages/dkispell FILES: dkispell-words-tar.Z LANGUAGE: danish COMMENTS: includes dictionary SITE: ftp.ida.liu.se DIRECTORY: /pub/bibframe/svordlista FILES: swedish.aff LANGUAGE: swedish COMMENTS: swedish dictionary available from the same site SITE: ftp.eunet.es DIRECTORY: /pub/unix/text/TeX/spanish/ispell FILES: castellano.aff.gz LANGUAGE: spanish COMMENTS: dictionary, elisp patch available from same source. See LEEME or README files. SITE: ftp.fi.upm.es DIRECTORY: pub/unix FILES: espa~nol.tar.gz LANGUAGE: spanish COMMENTS: includes espa~nol.aff, words list, instructions, and TeX hyphenation rules for Spanish. SITE: www.di.uminho.pt DIRECTORY: (WWW) FILE: http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/UMportugues.tgz LANGUAGE: Portuguese COMMENTS: See http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/pln.html and http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/dot.emacs for more information. Includes dictionary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ISPELL-COMPATIBLE WORD LISTS: SITE: ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca DIRECTORY: pub/ispell FILES: francais-IREQ.tar.gz LANGUAGE: french COMMENTS: includes francais.aff and instructions SITE: ftp.iesd.auc.dk DIRECTORY: /pub/packages/dkispell FILES: dkispell-words-tar.Z LANGUAGE: danish COMMENTS: includes affix file SITE: archive.cs.ruu.nl DIRECTORY: pub/TEX/wordlists FILE: ispell-british-dict.tar.Z LANGUAGE: english COMMENTS: carefully-made variant of the ispell american dictionaries. see the english and dutch wordlist on the same site, below SITE: ftp.NL.net DIRECTORY: pub/textproc/dictionaries FILE: dutch8.words.gz LANGUAGE: dutch COMMENTS: Based on "Het Groene Boekje". Also mirrors ispell in pub/text/proc/ispell SITE: ftp.ida.liu.se DIRECTORY: /pub/bibframe/svordlista FILES: swedish.0.Z,swedish.ord.Z,paradigms.Z LANGUAGE: swedish COMMENTS: swedish affix file available from the same site SITE: lynx.ps.uci.edu (128.200.29.14) DIRECTORY: /dist FILES: deutsch.lrg.gz francais.dico.aff.tar.gz LANGUAGE: german, french COMMENTS: dictionaries have been removed (temporarily?) because better ones are now available. The provider suggests that you use ireq-robot for French, or tuwien for German. SITE: ftp.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at DIRECTORY: /pub/8bit/dicts FILES: deutsch.tar.gz LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: copy of Martin Schulz's dictionary, previously at umoncton.ca SITE: ftp.informatik.uni-kiel.de DIRECTORY: /pub/kiel/dicts FILES: hk-deutsch.tar.gz LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: improved version of Martin Schulz's dictionary, compiled and corrected by Heinz Knutzen. Includes a new affix file. SITE: ftp.th-darmstadt.de DIRECTORY: /pub/dicts/ispell/dictionaries FILES: deutsch.tar.gz LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: newer and corrected version of germandict from ftp.ifi.unizh.ch SITE: ftp.eunet.es DIRECTORY: /pub/unix/text/TeX/spanish/ispell FILES: palabras.sq.gz LANGUAGE: spanish COMMENTS: affix file, elisp patch available from same source. See LEEME or README files. SITE: ftp.fi.upm.es DIRECTORY: pub/unix FILES: espa~nol.tar.gz LANGUAGE: spanish COMMENTS: includes espa~nol.aff, words list, instructions, and TeX hyphenation rules for Spanish. SITE: www.di.uminho.pt DIRECTORY: (WWW) FILE: http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/UMportugues.tgz LANGUAGE: Portuguese COMMENTS: See http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/pln.html and http://www.di.uminho.pt/~jj/pln/dot.emacs for more information. Includes dictionary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER WORD LISTS: The following lists may not be intended for use with ispell. They may be intended for other spell-checkers, or they may be targeted at password-finding programs. They will generally need an appropriate affix file and will need to be processed with "munchlist" before they will be useful with ispell. SITE: lenti.med.umn.edu DIRECTORY: pub/cyrillic FILES: rspell.tar.Z LANGUAGE: russian COMMENTS: includes preliminary russian affix file SITE: star.cs.vu.nl DIRECTORY: .dictionaries_unmaintained FILES: dicts.dan_klein.tar.Z germanl.Z words.dutch.Z words.english.Z words.german.Z words.italian.Z words.japanese.Z words.norwegian.Z words.swedish.Z LANGUAGE: dutch,german,english,italian,japanese,norwegian,swedish COMMENTS: intended for password cracking; may not have accurate spellings. See names lists on the same site, below SITE: star.cs.vu.nl DIRECTORY: .dictionaries_unmaintained/names FILE: Family-Names.Z Given-Names.Z names.french.Z names.hp.Z surnames.finnish.Z LANGUAGE: english,french,international?,finnish COMMENTS: intended for password cracking; may not have accurate spellings. May have too many unusual names to be useful with ispell. See word lists on the same site, above SITE: archive.cs.ruu.nl DIRECTORY: pub/TEX/wordlists FILE: ispell-british-dict.tar.Z words.dutch.Z words.english.Z LANGUAGE: english,dutch COMMENTS: see the british dictionary on the same site, intended for ispell use SITE: donau.et.tudelft.nl DIRECTORY: pub/words FILE: Family-Names Given-Names dutch.dict groene_boekje platte_lijst words.dutch.Z words.english.Z words.german.Z LANGUAGE: dutch,english COMMENTS: these are intended for spell-checking SITE: ghost.unimi.it DIRECTORY: pub/misc FILE: voc.Z LANGUAGE: italian COMMENTS: doesn't seem to include capitalized words (but I didn't look very hard) SITE: ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (131.159.0.110) DIRECTORY: /pub/comp/doc/dict FILE: exercise.vok.Z german-wordlist.Z german-wordlist.new.Z germanl.Z idioms.vok.Z technik.vok.Z LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: some of these require conversion with a shell script because diacriticals are written as "ae", etc. SITE: faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de DIRECTORY: /pub/doc/dict FILE: german-wordlist.Z LANGUAGE: german COMMENTS: diacriticals are written as "ae", etc., SITE: ftp.ifi.uio.no DIRECTORY: /pub/dicts FILE: norwegian-names.Z snorre.Z LANGUAGE: norwegian COMMENTS: names in "snorre" aren't capitalized. Contains errors. Must be massaged to use with ispell. SITE: ftp.uu.net DIRECTORY: /doc/dictionaries/* FILE: various LANGUAGE: dutch,english,finnish,german,italian,norwegian,swedish COMMENTS: Mirrored from nic.funet.fi. Intended for password cracking. SITE: nic.funet.fi DIRECTORY: /pub/unix/security/dictionaries FILE: various LANGUAGE: @h COMMENTS: Intended for password cracking. SITE: ftp.waseda.ac.jp DIRECTORY: /pub/security/wordlists FILE: wds.japanese.lzh LANGUAGE: japanese COMMENTS: intended for password cracking SITE: available on ftp.bnr.co.uk DIRECTORY: Exports FILE: Family-Names.Z Given-Names.Z LANGUAGE: english COMMENTS: list of names only. Don't be scared by the login banner.