FASpell Dataset

FASpell dataset was developed for the evaluation of spell checking methods. It contians a set of pair of misspelt Persian words and their corresponding corrected forms similar to the ASpell dataset used for English.


The dataset consists of two parts:

  • faspell_main: list of 5050 pairs collected from mistakes made by elementary school pupils and professional typists.
  • faspell_ocr: list of 800 pairs collected from the output of a Farsi OCR system.


Obataining the data

To download the data set please visit LINDAT/CLARIN Repository.



For further information about the data and the obtained performances see:


This page last edited on 12 November 2015.

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