Re: Testing validity of a word

[Emanuel Berg]

uzibalqa wrote:

> I want to test whether a word is valid. Is there a package
> in Emacs for dictionary word lookup ?

(defun spell-word (word)
  (with-temp-buffer
    (save-excursion
      (insert word) )
    (condition-case nil
        (not (ispell-word))
      (error nil) )))
      
;; (spell-word "length") ; t
;; (spell-word "lenght") ; nil

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