Predictionary

JavaScript dictionary-based word prediction library with self-learning abilities.

Installation

Drop the following into your page:

``

html





or install the package via npm:



npm install predictionary --save





Note: to use inside a nodejs application use the flag

--experimental-modules

 in order to be able to use Predictionary which is written as ES6 module. See nodejs demo which can be run with:

node --experimental-modules demo/node-demo/app.mjs





Basic usage

Minimum working example for basic usage:

javascript

import Predictionary from 'predictionary' //only if installed via npm



let predictionary = Predictionary.instance();

predictionary.addWords(['apple', 'apricot', 'banana']);

let suggestions = predictionary.predict('ap'); // == ['apple', 'apricot'];

Demo

See working demo: to live demo

API Documentation

see full API documentation: to API documentation

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark Davies, Professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University (Utah), for the permission to use his n-gram sample data from https://www.ngrams.info/iweb.asp for training purposes of this library.

Word frequency lists for demos are taken from the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds, see http://corpus.leeds.ac.uk/list.html - thanks!