GNU Aspell 0.60.8: Replacement Tables
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### 7.5 Replacement Tables

When phonetic code is not used a replacement table can be used instead. To enable the use of a replacement table add the line `repl-table lang`, in which case the replacement table is excepted to be in the file `lang_repl.dat`. A complete file name can also be specified in place of lang. For compatibility with MySpell the replacement table can also be part of the affix file, in which case `repl-table` will be `lang_affix.dat"`.

Replacement table syntax:

    REP [number_of_replacement_definitions]
    REP [what] [replacement]
    REP [what] [replacement]

For example a possible English replacement table definition to handle misspelled consonants:

    REP 8
    REP f ph
    REP ph f
    REP f gh
    REP gh f
    REP j dg
    REP dg j
    REP k ch
    REP ch k