RandomWord

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`RandomWord`

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RandomWord[]

gives a pseudorandom commonly used word.

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RandomWord[n]

gives a list of n pseudorandom words.

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RandomWord[type]

gives a pseudorandom word of the specified type.

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RandomWord[type,n]

gives a list of n pseudorandom words of the specified type.

Details and Options

The following types are supported:

	"CommonWords"	common words in their base forms (default)
	"KnownWords"	known dictionary words in their base forms
	pos	common words that can be a given part of speech
	{"type",pos}	inflected, known, etc. words filtered by part of speech
	"Stopwords"	words like "the" that are often considered insignificant

Parts of speech can be given as "GrammaticalUnit" entities or as strings.
Core parts of speech are "Noun", "Verb", "Adjective", "Adverb", "Preposition", "Conjunction", "Pronoun", "Determiner", and "Interjection".
RandomWord selects from words available in WordList.
RandomWord supports the following options:
IncludeInflections False whether to include inflected forms of words

Language $Language what language to use

Examples

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Basic Examples (4)Summary of the most common use cases

A random common word:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-6tzw0n

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A random common noun:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-5m2bme

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Four random common adverbs:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-m39720

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Six random adjectives selected from known words:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-8jczba

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Options (2)Common values & functionality for each option

Language (1)

Get a list of random Spanish words:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-m1lvog

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Language specifications can be strings or "Language" entities:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-lktvso

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IncludeInflections (1)

With IncludeInflections->True, inflected forms can also be included in results:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-bi2j0d

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With IncludeInflections->False, only uninflected words are returned:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-m80bse

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Properties & Relations (2)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions

Use SeedRandom to get repeatable random values:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-2146lx

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-6edxa7

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Use BlockRandom to block one use of RandomWord from affecting others:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg48heh2-kpt

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