Re: [Algorithms] Algorithm for determining 'word difficulty'

[Jonathan S. <jon...@gm...>]

Hello,

> Any thoughts on an algorithm which could more or less automatically  
> score the entire English language by 'difficultly to spell' and  
> 'difficulty to recognize'?  Assuming you have as input all of the  
> data in a standard dictionary and thesaurus?

Maybe you could use Scrabble's scoring to rank words.


Jonathan