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From: ken@rochester.ARPA (SKY)
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Subject: Re: Spell and /usr/dict/web2
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 02:39:28 EST
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|The biggest problem is that a large dictionary contains many "strange"
|words.  Many of these words differ from common words by only one
|letter (or one letter transposition).  This means you increase the
|chance of a typo turning into another valid word in the dictionary.

Indeed. I know a case where "action" was mistyped as "cation" but
the dictionary knew too much about chemistry. There is some kind of
trade-off here. Anybody know of studies of this sort?

	Ken