https://github.com/words/dale-chall
List of easy American-English words: The New Dale-Chall (1995)
https://github.com/words/dale-chall
chall dale ease familiar list readability reading word
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List of easy American-English words: The New Dale-Chall (1995)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/words/dale-chall
- Owner: words
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-09-14T09:59:59.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-11-07T08:20:02.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-21T02:48:17.756Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: chall, dale, ease, familiar, list, readability, reading, word
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://wooorm.com/readability/
- Size: 121 KB
- Stars: 32
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- Funding: funding.yml
- License: license
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# dale-chall
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List of easy American-English words: [new Dale–Chall (1995)][wiki].
## Contents
* [What is this?](#what-is-this)
* [When should I use this?](#when-should-i-use-this)
* [Install](#install)
* [Use](#use)
* [API](#api)
* [`daleChall`](#dalechall)
* [Data](#data)
* [Types](#types)
* [Compatibility](#compatibility)
* [Related](#related)
* [Contribute](#contribute)
* [Security](#security)
* [License](#license)
## What is this?
This package exposes a list of easy (often understood) words.
## When should I use this?
Use this when you want to do readability things with natural language.
Use [`dale-chall-formula`][dale-chall-formula] for the formula.
## Install
This package is [ESM only][esm].
In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with [npm][]:
```sh
npm install dale-chall
```
In Deno with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```js
import {daleChall} from 'https://esm.sh/dale-chall@2'
```
In browsers with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```html
import {daleChall} from 'https://esm.sh/dale-chall@2?bundle'
```
## Use
```js
import {daleChall} from 'dale-chall'
daleChall.length // => 2942
console.log(daleChall.slice(0, 10))
```
Yields:
```js
[ 'a',
'able',
'aboard',
'about',
'above',
'absent',
'accept',
'accident',
'account',
'ache' ]
```
## API
This package exports the identifier `daleChall`.
There is no default export.
### `daleChall`
List of strings (`Array`).
## Data
See [`countwordsworth.com`][data].
## Types
This package is fully typed with [TypeScript][].
It exports no additional types.
## Compatibility
This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js.
As of now, that is Node.js 14.14+ and 16.0+.
It also works in Deno and modern browsers.
## Related
* [`dale-chall-formula`](https://github.com/words/dale-chall-formula)
— Formula to detect the grade level of text
* [`spache`](https://github.com/words/spache)
— list of familiar American-English words (1974)
## Contribute
Yes please!
See [How to Contribute to Open Source][contribute].
## Security
This package is safe.
## License
[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
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[downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dale-chall
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[size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=dale-chall
[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
[esm]: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c
[esmsh]: https://esm.sh
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org
[contribute]: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
[license]: license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
[wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale–Chall_readability_formula
[dale-chall-formula]: https://github.com/words/dale-chall-formula
[data]: https://countwordsworth.com/download/DaleChallEasyWordList.txt