How to find root of word ?

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Hi all
How can i find root of word ?
example :
the root of "children" is "child".

best regards.

Posted 12-May-13 23:41pm

ocean99

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CHill60 13-May-13 5:43am

This might not be the best forum to ask a question about english language construction!

ocean99 13-May-13 5:48am

I'm sorry , what is best forum for this question ?

CHill60 13-May-13 5:51am

I don't know any linguistics sites sorry. Alternatively if you are trying to write code to do this then use the Improve question link to add detail to your question - include the code that you have tried so far

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-13T00:14:00

Solution 1

It sounds like you're talking about Stemming[^]. Please, follow the links in above article.

Posted 13-May-13 0:14am

Maciej Los

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_Amy 13-May-13 6:18am

Exactly. a 5!

Maciej Los 13-May-13 6:26am

Thank you, Amit ;)