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I want to manually add words to the en_US.dic library. When I open the file in a text editor I can add words as needed, but I do not understand what some of the syntax or attributes are. I spent an hour looking for the answers but was unable to find what I was looking for.

Here is an example of what I am trying to understand.

logarithm/MS  
logbook/MS  
loge/SMNX  
logged/U  
loggerhead/SM  
logger/SM  
loggia/SM  
logging/MS  
logicality/MS  
logicalness/M  
logical/SPY  
logician/SM  
logic/SM  
login/S

After each of the above words is an "/" followed by one or more capital letters, '/SM' or '/U' or '/SPY' etc. and I don't know what they mean and if I need to use them when I add words manually myself.

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I found this page with a pretty good explanation.

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/how-tos/editing-the-spell-checking-dictionaries

Also, this is a duplicate of What do the acronyms mean after the slash in the Firefox dictionary?

However, I'm modifying the .dic and .aff files from Pidgin spell checker instead of those from Firefox. (Maybe the same files?)

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