12/05/2005:
Search spell-checker
Searches on ISBNdb.com are now passed through a custom spell-checker.
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Search spell-checker
In tune with modern usability recommendations ISBNdb.com now offers
spelling corrections for search keywords. We believe that ISBNdb.com is the
first book information site to offer such service.
Spelling suggestions are custom tailored to the search index used --
the same word can be corrected to a different variations depending on
whether you search on book titles or on authors. Suggested spelling
are guaranteed to produce at least one result when searched on. When
appropriate the spell-checker offers up to two spelling variations.
For instance spelling suggestions for
"proteni" include "protein" and
"protean" in book titles search and "porten" and "pruden" in authors search.
This feature is most useful for author name misspellings. In
most cases it is enough to type in what the author name sounds like to get it
corrected to the real author name. For instance,
"Zigmund Freud" would get
corrected to the proper spelling of "Sigmund Freud".
Based on open-source Aspell
spell-checking software our spell-checker is capable of correcting missing
letters, misplaced letters, similarly sounding words (in English only for
now), etc.
If you have suggestions or comments, please let us
know. Thank you!
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