Can i write a program to check if the input string makes any sense in C#?

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Hello Everyone,

I was wandering that can i write a program to check if the input word (string) makes any sense(valid english word) according to the English Dictionary?

How will i do a comparison of that input string?

Please provide inputs.

Thanks,

Posted 12-Nov-13 18:09pm

adityasahver

Updated 12-Nov-13 21:19pm

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Ron Beyer 13-Nov-13 0:17am

How do you know it makes sense according to a dictionary? If I wrote "The black carpet computer strand ups in ten", would pass a dictionary test, but makes no "sense"... In order for a computer to determine if something conveys a complete idea (sense), that's still a concept scientists are trying to break...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Nov-13 0:34am

Exactly. I would post it as an answer.

I would add: the content of OP's post would pass a dictionary test but does not really make sense. Nevertheless, not only a computer program, but even OP failed to recognize it.

—SA

adityasahver 13-Nov-13 1:35am

Ok may be the words that I used are a bit vague. What i meant is, if the input string is "asfaga", then the program should check if the input string is there in the English Dictionary, if yes it will return something if no it will throw an error. How can i perform this check, do i have to use a third party web service or is there a way to write this logic in a simpler way? I hope this is making more sense now, please suggest.

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I think you want to implement Spell check program? am i right?

adityasahver 13-Nov-13 8:42am

yes got it.. but is there any .net inbuild class which i can use. I on the net found aspell.net and other which are 3rd party APIs, i wanted to avoid this..

BillWoodruff 13-Nov-13 10:07am

The .NET FrameWork does not have any built-in Dictionary of common words in any language, and no facility specifically designed for checking for valid word usage in any language.

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Ron Beyer · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-12T19:03:00

Single words do not make any "sense" without context. A dictionary can only help you determine if the word is spelled correctly, but for something to make sense you have to convey a complete idea in a context.

This is a very budding area of artificial intelligence, the ability for a computer system to determine if a set of words both forms a sentence (easy) and conveys a complete idea (right now impossible).

The reason a computer can't determine if something makes sense or not is because a computer can't guess context or rationality. This is just not possible with today's technology.

For example, the word "orange" doesn't make any sense by itself. Are you talking about the color, or the fruit? Put it in a sentence like "My orange tastes like beef", has correctly spelled words, conveys a complete idea, but doesn't make any sense. We know this because we know what oranges taste like, and we know what beef tastes like, but oranges do not taste anything like beef.