solved: random word or dictionary

jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

Hello

How can i create (choose) a random non-english word, or equivalently, an ASCII/UTF list of words of a dictionary.

For example, apg etc. create only passwords, and not actual words.

/usr/share/dict has only English words.

aspell exports and otherwise deals with "word lists", whatever that is, but not dictionaries.

So ...?

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

do you mean absolutely random words? like brute force?
for this you would have to write and iterator that would iterate trough a range of the ASCII table that would write down every possible combination that exists.
that would be used as a dictionary.
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jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

ok just my quick n dirty solution

something like

jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

oh thanks for the reply.

Truly random strings are easy to create with apg, pwgen, ranpwd. These make good passwords.

My select-a-random-word is for words, that should be pronounced and understood, but still be as random as possible.

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 6:07 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure if I understand but with app-text/dictd and app-dicts/freedict-*

jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

thanks a lot, now the script is just

aspell -l de dump master | shuf -n1

karimali · n00b Joined: 14 Jan 2025 Posts: 2

To get a random non-English word or an ASCII/UTF word list, you can try these methods:

Use a non-English word list: Install non-English dictionaries (e.g., apt-get install dictionary-<language> for Debian-based systems) and access them through /usr/share/dict/.

Use wordlist utilities: Tools like random-word or words from wordlist packages can provide random words from various languages.

Create custom lists: Download or generate a custom word list from websites like Wiktionary or GitHub repositories containing multilingual word databases.

These methods will help you get a list of random non-English words. Let me know if you need further assistance!

also visit https://wordslibrary.com/ for more words

Hu · Administrator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 22998

karimali: this post was marked as solved in 2019. Additionally, none of your advice appears Gentoo-specific, and some of it is explicitly specific to non-Gentoo Linux systems. Putting all that together, I think you may be in the wrong place, or your post is a precursor to spam content. Please try to stay on topic, and focus on threads that still need a solution.