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In article <257 at ames.UUCP>, jaw at ames.UUCP (James A. Woods) writes:
> The standard reference for this is "Development of a spelling list,"
> M. D. McIlroy, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Jan. 1982.

  Another good source to look at if you are developing a spelling
checker is "Computer Programs for Spelling Correction" by James
Peterson, 1980.  It's #96 in the Goos & Hartmanis series "Lecture
Notes in Computer Science".

Bob