mucrow/node-rhyme

Extensions to a rhyming dictionary for node.js

rhyme-plus

A rhyming dictionary for your node.js.

example

var rhyme = require('rhyme-plus');
rhyme(function (r) {
    console.log(r.rhyme('bed').join(' '));
});

output:

$ node examples/bed.js
BLED BREAD BRED DEAD DREAD DRED DREDD ED FED FLED FREAD FRED FREDA GED HEAD
JED LEAD LED MED NED NEDD PLED READ READE RED REDD SAID SCHWED SFFED SHEAD
SHED SHEDD SHRED SLED SLEDD SPED SPREAD STEAD SWED SZWED TED THREAD TREAD
WED WEDD WEHDE ZED

example2

var rhyme = require('rhyme-plus');
rhyme(function (r) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(r.findRhymes(['bed', 'read', 'feed'])));
});

output:

$ node examples/bed.js
[['BED', 'READ'], ['READ', 'FEED']]

methods

rhyme(callback)

Read in the rhyme database. Callback function gets called with the rhyme handle.

rhyme handle

r.rhyme(word)

Returns all rhymes for word.

r.pronounce(word)

Shows how to pronounce word using CMU's pronouncing dictionary phonemes .

r.syllables(word)

Counts the syllables in word using the phonemes in r.pronounce and some heuristics.

r.alliteration(word)

Returns alliterative words, which begin with the same syllable as word.

r.doRhyme(word1, word2)

Returns whether these words could rhyme (for example: read and feed, read and fed).

r.findRhymes(words)

Searches the words array for pairs of rhyming words. Returns an array of pairs.

installation

Using npm:

npm install rhyme-plus

testing

Download rhyming dictionary using cd data && ./fetch.sh