PyEnchant : Replace internet friendly words with a english word - filter

Question

I want to identify words like "sooooooooooooooo" and replace them with "so" in Spell Check. How can I achieve this ? What do I write (meaning a Filter, etc.) and Where do I tweak the code for the same ?
Thanks !

Answer 1

You could use store_replacement, however my understanding is that store_replacement needs to be implemented by the underlying provider. If you use the provider Aspell which implements it you can see it working like so: (Note you will need to install Aspell and it's dictionaries to see this working)
import enchant
# Get the broker.
b = enchant.Broker()
# Set the ordering on the broker so aspell gets used first.
b.set_ordering("en_US","aspell,myspell")
# Print description of broker just to see what's available.
print (b.describe())
# Get an US English dictionary.
d=b.request_dict("en_US")
# Print the provider of the US English dictionary.
print (d.provider)
# A test string.
s = 'sooooooooooooooo'
# We will check the word is not in the dictionary not needed if we know it isn't.
print (d.check(s))
# Print suggestions for the string before we change anything.
print (d.suggest(s))
# Store a relacement for our string as "so".
d.store_replacement(s, 'so')
# Print our suggestions again and see "so" appears at the front of the list.
print (d.suggest(s))
[<Enchant: Aspell Provider>, <Enchant: Ispell Provider>, <Enchant: Myspell Provider>, <Enchant: Hspell Provider>]
<Enchant: Aspell Provider>
False
['SO', 'so', 'spoor', 'sou', 'sow', 'soy', 'zoo', 'Soho', 'Soto', 'solo', 'soon', 'soot', 'shoo', 'soar', 'sour', 'shoos', 'sooth', 'sooty', 'Si', 'sootier', 'sough', 'SOP', 'sop', 'S', 'poo', 's', 'sooner', 'soothe', 'sorrow', 'Sir', 'Sui', 'sci', 'sir', 'poos', 'silo', 'soap', 'soil', 'soup', 'SA', 'SE', 'SS', 'SW', 'Se', 'soother', 'SOB', 'SOS', 'SOs', 'SRO', 'Soc', 'Sol', 'Son', 'sob', 'soc', 'sod', 'sol', 'son', 'sot', 'boo', 'coo', 'foo', 'goo', 'loo', 'moo', 'ooh', 'too', 'woo', 'CEO', "S's", 'SSA', 'SSE', 'SSS', 'SSW', 'Sue', 'Zoe', 'saw', 'say', 'sea', 'see', 'sew', 'sue', 'xor', 'Snow', 'Sony', 'Sosa', 'boos', 'bozo', 'coos', 'loos', 'moos', 'oohs', 'ooze', 'oozy', 'orzo', 'ouzo', 'sago', 'scow', 'sloe', 'slow', 'snow', 'soak']
['so', 'SO', 'spoor', 'sou', 'sow', 'soy', 'zoo', 'Soho', 'Soto', 'solo', 'soon', 'soot', 'shoo', 'soar', 'sour', 'shoos', 'sooth', 'sooty', 'Si', 'sootier', 'sough', 'SOP', 'sop', 'S', 'poo', 's', 'sooner', 'soothe', 'sorrow', 'Sir', 'Sui', 'sci', 'sir', 'poos', 'silo', 'soap', 'soil', 'soup', 'SA', 'SE', 'SS', 'SW', 'Se', 'soother', 'SOB', 'SOS', 'SOs', 'SRO', 'Soc', 'Sol', 'Son', 'sob', 'soc', 'sod', 'sol', 'son', 'sot', 'boo', 'coo', 'foo', 'goo', 'loo', 'moo', 'ooh', 'too', 'woo', 'CEO', "S's", 'SSA', 'SSE', 'SSS', 'SSW', 'Sue', 'Zoe', 'saw', 'say', 'sea', 'see', 'sew', 'sue', 'xor', 'Snow', 'Sony', 'Sosa']