Treat singular and plural of a word as one

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I am creating a web based word frequency counter using JavaScript. Is there any way so as to treat plural and singular as same.

Example: love and loves are treated as one when showing frequency

Any method using something other than JavaScript is also welcome!

what about octopus and octopi ...i don't think you can do this just an algorithm you'll probably need some kind of dictionary api — I wrestled a bear once., Oct 08 '15 at 13:59
@DanielA.White Actually it is an assignment and I was wondering if it is even possible! — Swapnil Pandey, Oct 08 '15 at 14:03
it is possible - since it is for an assignment, we won't just complete it for you. — Daniel A. White, Oct 08 '15 at 14:03
also, you probably won't be able to tell the plural form of a noun and a third person singular verb apart where the verb form of the noun is the same as the noun itself (e.g.: try - tries). — Sándor Mátyás Márton, Oct 08 '15 at 14:05
The term you're looking for is "stemming". Also, look into wordnet. — Benjamin Gruenbaum, Oct 08 '15 at 14:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Define a map with all the synonyms for each word, and search on that map before counting a word.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 14:00

Andres

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