Changeable words

In the list change one letter in word and if new word occur in list then display on this page.
Length of word > 11

Changeable words is a draft programming task. It is not yet considered ready to be promoted as a complete task, for reasons that should be found in its talk page.

Ring

<lang ring> cStr = read("unixdict.txt") wordList = str2list(cStr) num = 0 oldWord = "abc"

ln = len(wordList) for n = ln to 1 step -1

   if len(wordList[n]) < 12
      del(wordList,n)
   ok

next

see "working..." + nl see "Changable words are:" + nl

for n = 1 to len(wordList)

   len = len(wordList[n])
   for m = 1 to len
       abcList = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
       for abc in abcList
           str1 = left(wordList[n],m-1)
           str2 = abc
           str3 = right(wordList[n],len-m)
           tempWord = str1 + str2 + str3
           ind = find(wordList,tempWord) 
           bool = (ind > 0) and (wordList[n][m] != abc)
           if bool = 1 and wordList[n] != oldWord
              num = num + 1
              oldWord = tempWord
              see "" + num + ". " + wordList[n] + " >> " + tempWord + nl
           ok
       next
   next

next

see "done..." + nl </lang> Output:

working...
Changable words are:
1. aristotelean >> aristotelian
2. claustrophobia >> claustrophobic
3. committeeman >> committeemen
4. committeewoman >> committeewomen
5. complementary >> complimentary
6. confirmation >> conformation
7. congresswoman >> congresswomen
8. councilwoman >> councilwomen
9. craftsperson >> draftsperson
10. eavesdropped >> eavesdropper
11. frontiersman >> frontiersmen
12. handicraftsman >> handicraftsmen
13. incommutable >> incomputable
14. installation >> instillation
15. kaleidescope >> kaleidoscope
16. neuroanatomy >> neuroanotomy
17. newspaperman >> newspapermen
18. nonagenarian >> nonogenarian
19. onomatopoeia >> onomatopoeic
20. philanthrope >> philanthropy
21. prescription >> proscription
22. schizophrenia >> schizophrenic
23. shakespearean >> shakespearian
24. spectroscope >> spectroscopy
25. underclassman >> underclassmen
26. upperclassman >> upperclassmen
done...