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A small Python librairy to generate random credible words based on a list of words by esimating the probability of the next character from the frequency of the previous ones

markov-word-generator

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Markov-Word-Generator is a Python library for generating random, credible, and plausible words based on a list of words. It estimates the probability of the next character in a word based on the frequency of the previous N characters, using Markov chains. This uses Markov chains

Installation

pip install markov-word-generator

Principle

To generate random words that sound like real words, this library analyzes character distribution among a corpus in a given language. It creates a mapping table for character combinations and their associated frequency in the corpus. By estimating the probability of a character based on the previous characters, the library generates words that mimic real language patterns.

Here are heatmaps showing the distribution of each character (column) given the previous one (row).

• $ = End of word
• ^ = Start of a word

In English:

And in French:

Estimating the probability of a character to appear given the probability of the given previous one works fine but is still hazardous. We can increase the likelihood of the world sounds true by looking at the next N previous characters.

The generator will parse an input text file containing one word per line (dictionary), count each character occurrence based on the occurrence of the N previous ones create a mapping table for each character-combination and its associated frequency in the corpus.

Usage

To generate a random word in English by predicting the probability of each new character based on the last 4 characters, you can use the following code:

from markov_word_generator import MarkovWordGenerator, WordType

# Generate a random word in English by predicting the probability of each new character based on its last 4 last characters
generator = MarkovWordGenerator(
	markov_length=4,
	language='en',
	word_type=WordType.WORD,
)
print(generator.generate_word())

output:

rebutaneously

Parameters

• MarkovWordGenerator():

  • markov_length: (int): The number of previous characters to consider.
  • language: (str): The language to use for word generation. Must be part of the supported languages.
  • word_type: (str): The type of word to generate. Must be part of the supported word types.
  • dictionary_filename: (str): The corpus to parse for character frequency analysis. Must be used only if language and word_type are not set.
  • ignore_accents: (bool): If set to True, accents are ignored during parsing. Default to False

• generate_word()

  • seed: (str): Seed to generate a word starting with the given seed. Default to empty

from markov_word_generator import MarkovWordGenerator, WordType, AllowedLanguages

# Generate a random German name by predicting the probability of each new character based on its last 3 last characters
generator = MarkovWordGenerator(
	markov_length=3,
	language=AllowedLanguages.DE,
	word_type=WordType.NAME,
)
print(generator.generate_word())

ludgerten

Supported languages and word_types

You can access the list of supported languages and word types using the following functions:

import markov_word_generator

# List supported languages
print(markov_word_generator.get_supported_languages())
# ['EN', 'FR', 'DE', 'FI', 'IT', 'PT', 'SE']

# List supported word_type
print(markov_word_generator.get_supported_word_types())
# ['WORD', 'NAME']

More languages and word types (plants, movie names, cities...) can be added in the future.

Impact of the markov_length parameter

• The higher the number of characters N we take into account, the more credible the word will be. We may end up with already existing words (see Impact of the markov_length parameter below).
• Lowering N will lead to words that sound less real. Some words will also either very short (1-2 chars) or very long (>20chars)

from markov_word_generator import MarkovWordGenerator, WordType, AllowedLanguages

generator = MarkovWordGenerator(
	markov_length=N, # N=1,2,3,4 or 5 in following examples
	language=AllowedLanguages.EN,
	word_type=WordType.WORD
)

for i in range(0, 10):
    print(generator.generate_word())

Length 1

output:

eroun
unteticakreatintes
sucle
erarums
eablatirlac
e
ghils
rllig
beseleforuat
de

Length 2

output:

malle
dallintathilight
boaddly
nobtiousle
ing
alaymplaings
rusle
sprevircirdbages
bant
ritablegruphicalls

Length 3

output:

blungalinther
super
solder
degreetricked
mittlessly
out
hearf
fracertory
gyny
locious

Length 4

output:

authering
negligented
manoeistical
bleat
lover
confusions
dest
hand
display
entwinkle

Length 5

output:

significative
contention
grandmaidens
aidesdecamped
paralleled
contradicate
thereby
numskull
crises
battlegro

Benchmarks

Empirically generating 5000 random words for each of the tests and checking the percentage of them which do exist as actual valid words. 10 tests have been running. From N=1 to N=5 in both English and French languages Results are the following

N\Language	EN	FR*
1	4.61%	6.15%
2	8.89%	10.60%
3	14.80%	10.04%
4	33.08%	33.88%
5	62.84%	65.68%

Empirical measurements of the percentage of output words from the generator that are real words (exists in the dictionary) based on the number of characters N we take into account in the markov_chain over 5000 samples *accents have been ignored in benchmarks in French

From N=5, there are more than 50% of chances to generate an existing word.

More examples

Random generated words

EN	FR	ES	DE	IT	SE
duplicables	chouchonnées	inflamandando	regenfreunden	scommissari	medmännens
feathenism	fumigents	diacontenderá	rechtsbeleuchtes	insortiti	metallösningens
convolutionalist	saponisassiez	transnacionarán	unerschieben	immalintenziale	stationskligt
jinglehand	pareraient	abundeo	unstimme	pronometro	arbetslöftenas
stariness	toniciens	encuestionó	überredete	acconciliani	utredningsviljande
trellish	challe	abombearán	zwischere	afferrofilia	tributionsverktygs
subsidiariest	potames	banderolasteis	plädiertem	dispiacerete	slappningarnas
discourself	rudoyers	construéis	wolken	trisecchererai	tidsnärings
melanchorist	reluisionnés	desagüense	kompetentenzeichnen	riappavia	spagatellig
cleavagery	sacagneuse	desvergonzaremos	dümmst	sgancializzando	yngstakternas

Random generated names

EN	FR	ES	DE	IT	SE
charlena	arian	sandro	germann	severonica	brittan
sorrell	clementin	uliseo	gunde	evarissa	kristin
austinee	théophie	teofilomena	werthold	florena	frid
hardine	augustine	herina	hannelia	tizia	torstein
shantal	jeanninette	amilo	helmar	leonardinanda	gitta
kristian	flavier	leandra	tatja	fortunatale	kerstina
lessica	isidonie	dolorencio	sieghardt	simondo	sigfrida
reana	clothaire	dion	anelia	geltrudenzio	thorsten
leanoreen	fabriel	anuncia	trud	battia	gunils
roslyn	bastienne	calis	eleonhard	lorentina	jerkel

Given other types of dictionaries, generator can create random words in some specific topics: Random jobs, random plants, random animals, random cities...

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