# dwyl/english-words

:memo: A text file containing 479k English words for all your dictionary/word-based projects e.g: auto-completion / autosuggestion

Repository: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/english-words
Language: Python
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-01-06T17:34:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4434, "days_push": 604, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12253, forks 2020 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.154851+00:00)

## What it is
A plain-text dataset of over 466k English words distributed as newline-delimited text files (words.txt, words_alpha.txt) plus a JSON dictionary for fast loading. It is meant as raw reference data for word-based applications such as auto-completion, spell-checking, and word games.

## Use cases
- get a complete list of English words for an autocomplete or autosuggestion feature
- word list for building a Wordle solver or word game validator
- dictionary file for a spell checker
- English words dataset for NLP or text-processing experiments
- load English words into a Python dictionary for fast lookups
- import a word list into a database for a dictionary app

## When to choose
- you need a large, ready-made English word list in plain text or JSON with no setup
- you are building autocomplete, spell-check, or word-game features and just need valid words
- you want a language-agnostic data file you can import into any runtime or database

## When to avoid
- you need word definitions, parts of speech, frequency data, or pronunciation - this is a bare word list
- you need curated, modern, or domain-specific vocabulary with quality guarantees
- you want a maintained library or API rather than static data files

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: stable
- function: nlp, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, gaming-tools, education
- platform: cross-platform, python
- tags: word-list, dictionary, english-words, autocomplete, spell-check, word-games, text-files, -dictionary, natural-language-processing

## Member repositories
- dwyl/english-words (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.154851+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:14:13.829475+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.154851+00:00, sha d15726ee2798)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.