Rules

1 letter more (abxcd v. abcd)

This rule looks for 1 extra letter which may be inserted, e.g. HOWWEVER

 

1 letter swapped (abcd v. acbd)

This rule looks in words of equal length for letters which have got swapped, e.g. HOVEWER

 

1 letter change (abcd v. abxd)

This rule looks in words of equal length for a 1 letter difference, e.g. HOWEXER

 

Anagram (abcd v. adbc)

This rule looks in words of equal length for the same letters in a different order, e.g. ACRES and RACES

 

Require same first letter

If looking for pairs matching the word FISH, this rule considers only words starting with F

 

Settings:

 

minimum word length, maximum word length

This setting specifies the minimum/maximum word length for the program to consider the possibility there is a typo. The default minimum is 5, which means 4-letter words will be simply ignored. This is to speed up processing, and because most typos probably occur in longer words.

 

minimum word frequency, max. word frequency

Set minimum to 3 to ignore low-frequency items. Set a max. of 10 if you're just investigating typos and if you assume an item with that frequency is correct. Again to speed up processing, and because most typos probably occur in infrequent words.

 

end letters to ignore:

This rule allows you to specify any letters to ignore if at the end of the word, e.g. if you specify S, the possibility of a typo when comparing ELEPHANT and ELEPHANTS will not be reported.

 

letters to ignore at start:

Lets you specify any letters to ignore at the start of the word.

 

only words starting with …

Here you can type in a sequence such as FGH and (if the checkbox is checked too), the program will take all words beginning F or G or H and look for minimal pairs based on the rules and settings above.

 

Set default values (restores default values)

 

See also : aim, requirements, choosing your files, output, running the program.