Spell Checker Console Application in JAVA

Getting Started

A Simple SpellCHecker Program in Java that allows to insert, search, getclosest words in a dictionary.

Description

• This is a Java program to implement a spell checker.
• It is implemented in two ways
  • Using Set Data Structure
  • Using Trie Data Structure
• The program takes a string input and checks each word in the string against the dictionary.
• If the word is found in the dictionary, it is printed in blue, otherwise it is printed in red.
• The possible corrections for the misspelled words are also displayed.
• The program also has a method to convert a text file into a dictionary (Set or Trie) and a method to get the closest word in the dictionary for a given word.

Prerequisities

You need to have the following software installed on your system:

• Java (1.8 or later)
• A text file containing dictionary words ( if you use another file of your choice )

Installing

Clone : git clone https://github.com/OpenGenus/spell-checker-java.git

or download the repository (zip file) to your local machine.

Running

1. For Set Data Structure

Compile the java code using the following command:

javac Main.java SpellChecker.java

2. For Trie Data Structure

Compile the java code using the following command:

javac Main.java Spellchecker.java Trie.java

Run the codes using the following command:

java Main