dictionary-en-ca

English (Canada) spelling dictionary.

Contents

* What is this?
* When should I use this?
* Install
* Use
* API
* Dictionary
* Examples
* Compatibility
* Security
* Contribute
* License

What is this?

This is a English (Canada) dictionary,
generated by [wooorm/dictionaries][github-dictionaries] from
[wordlist.aspell.net][source],
normalized and packaged so that it can be installed and used like other
dictionaries.

When should I use this?

You can use this package when integrating with tools that perform spell checking
(such as [nodehun][github-nodehun] or [nspell][github-nspell]) or when
making such tools.

Install

This package is [ESM only][github-gist-esm].
In Node.js (version 16+),
install with [npm][npm-install]:

``sh
npm install dictionary-en-ca
`

Use

`js
import enCa from 'dictionary-en-ca'

console.log(enCa)
// To do: use enCa somehow
`

Yields:

`js
{aff: , dic: }
`

API

This package exports no identifiers.
The default export is a [Dictionary][api-dictionary].

It exports the [TypeScript][] type
[Dictionary][api-dictionary].

$3

[Hunspell][] dictionary.

###### Fields

* aff ([Buffer][node-buffer])
— data for the affix file (defines the language, keyboard, flags, and more)
* dic ([Buffer][node-buffer])
— data for the dictionary file (contains words and flags applying to those
words)

Examples

See the [monorepo readme][github-dictionaries] for examples.

Compatibility

This projects is compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release,
we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node.
This means we try to keep the current release line,
compatible with Node.js 12.

Security

This package is safe.

Contribute

See the [monorepo readme][github-dictionaries] for how to contribute.

> 👉 Note: dictionaries are not maintained here.
> Report spelling problems upstream
> ([wordlist.aspell.net`][source]).

License

Dictionary and affix file:
(MIT AND BSD).
Rest: [MIT][file-license] © [Titus Wormer][wooorm].

[api-dictionary]: #dictionary

[file-license]: https://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries/blob/main/license

[github-dictionaries]: https://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries

[github-gist-esm]: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c

[github-nodehun]: https://github.com/nathanjsweet/nodehun

[github-nspell]: https://github.com/wooorm/nspell

[hunspell]: https://hunspell.github.io

[node-buffer]: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_buffer

[npm-install]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install

[source]: http://wordlist.aspell.net/dicts/

[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org

[wooorm]: https://wooorm.com