Re: Testing validity of a word

[uzibalqa]

------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, July 27th, 2023 at 12:06 AM, Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> 
wrote:


> 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
> 
> --
> underground experts united
> https://dataswamp.org/~incal

The following could be less intensive

(defun is-valid-word (word)
  "Check if the WORD is valid using `ispell`."
  (ispell-lookup-words word))