Track new words and corrections to en-US dictionary
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(Core :: Spelling Checker: en-US Dictionary, enhancement)
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(Reporter: flod, Unassigned)
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Using this bug to track and discuss requests for new words in the Mozilla en-US dictionary.
- Try to provide information on the terms you want to add, in particular references to external sources that confirm the usage of the term (e.g. Merriam-Webster or Oxford online dictionaries).
- Include all possible forms, e.g. plural and genitive for nouns, different tenses for verbs.
- Names of companies or people should not be included.
The goal is to add words that are commonly used, not all the words, as that might have a negative impact on performances (and will impact the installer size).
Comment 1•1 month ago
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The list of missing words from the Wiktionary English dictionary is available at https://tdulcet.github.io/Missing-Words/ and automatically updated monthly. With the default options (only words without numbers or symbols and with a Wikipedia page), this currently includes 7,707 words for consideration. It can also be downloaded in TSV format. See Bug 1811451 comment 11 and below for more information. Since then, I have added several new options, including to sort the words, disable the normalization of words before checking if they are already in the dictionary and show words with one or more forms not in the dictionary. Feedback is welcome.
The missing words from the Ispell small and medium American English dictionaries are available in Bug 1811451 comment 2, which includes 13,997 words for consideration. I am always looking for high quality wordlists or other ideas about how we could systematically find those words that should be included in the Mozilla en-US dictionary.
TikTok (correctly capitalization of the most popular video app in the world).
YouTube is already present in the dictionary.
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Comment 3•1 month ago
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See first comment
Names of companies or people should not be included.
We should avoid adding more company names, because they don't last. Firefox's personal dictionaries can solve that.
Comment 4•1 month ago
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urbanism merriam-webster, wiktionary
We should avoid adding more company names, because they don't last.
TikTok is 8-years-old already and is more popular than Google: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-surpasses-google-popular-website-year-new-data-suggests-rcna9648
There's no excuse not add it to the dictionary. This just makes the Firefox spellchecker looks bad.
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