Create English-dictionary-application

English-dictionary-application

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+import json
+from difflib import get_close_matches
+
+# Loading data from json file
+# in python dictionary
+data = json.load(open("dictionary.json"))
+
+def translate(w):
+    # converts to lower case
+    w = w.lower()
+
+    if w in data:
+        return data[w]
+    # for getting close matches of word
+    elif len(get_close_matches(w, data.keys())) > 0:             
+        yn = input("Did you mean % s instead? Enter Y if yes, or N if no: " % get_close_matches(w, data.keys())[0])
+        yn = yn.lower()
+        if yn == "y":
+            return data[get_close_matches(w, data.keys())[0]]
+        elif yn == "n":
+            return "The word doesn't exist. Please double check it."
+        else:
+            return "We didn't understand your entry."
+    else:
+        return "The word doesn't exist. Please double check it."
+
+# Driver code
+word = input("Enter word: ")
+output = translate(word)
+
+if type(output) == list:
+    for item in output:
+        print(item)
+else:
+    print(output)
+input('Press ENTER to exit')