linux program to generate misspellings

That's pretty good. I found Lingua::TypoGenerator that does something similar, finding fat finger typos on QWERTY keyboard.

It does not do common phonetic misspellings. For example, a lot of people misspell "module" as "modual", or "contactor" as "contacter".

That is not a keyboard fat finger typo. They just do not know how it is spelled, and go by phonetics. Try searching ebay for "modual" or "receptical" or "recepticle".

For your enjoyment, here are some misspellings of oscilloscope (a difficult word for many people)

7630290863 1 Jun 22,12:04 15.99 TEKTRONIX DM43. 465 OSILLOSCOPE. LOOKS COOL! 7630220191 0 Jun 22,12:30 395.00 Tektronix SC504 Oscillocope & (2) PG501 Pulse Generator 7630312725 0 Jun 22,12:58 4.99 100MHZ Oscillosope Clip Probe (New In the pack) R01 7630312880 0 Jun 22,12:59 4.99 20MHZ Oscillosope Clip Probe (New In the pack) R02 7630482305 0 Jun 22,20:38 499.00 HP 54120B digitizing oscillscope mainframe 7630521330 0 Jun 22,23:48 9.90 100MHZ Oscillosope Scope Clip Probe X 1 7631659336 0 Jun 23,00:20 15.00 Oscillscope LBO-53B 7630525724 8 Jun 23,00:28 20.50 Heathkit 10-103 Ocilloscope 7630595132 0 Jun 23,07:56 4999.98 HP-Agilent 54616C 500MHz 2 Channel Digital Oscilliscope 7630601266 0 Jun 23,08:21 499.98 HP 54502A 400MHz 2 Channel Digital Oscilliscope 7630601930 0 Jun 23,08:24 250.00 Tektronix 466 Storage Oscillosccope 7630628770 0 Jun 23,11:34 19.99 Item# 4375 Philips PM3217U 50MHz Oscilloscop 763071568 plus 19 0 Jun 23,15:40 9.99 Oscilliscope 7631391293 0 Jun 24,06:26 7.50 Leader LBO-508A 20MHz Dual Trace Osciloscope with Cover 7631435035 0 Jun 24,09:49 9.00 HITACHI OSCILLISCOPE V-509 50MHZ SCOPE 7630928668 plus 1 0 Jun 24,13:06 499.99 HITACHI V-1100A 100 MHZ OSCILLOSOPE 7631502547 0 Jun 24,13:28 9.99 Tektronix P6106A 10M 8.7pF 10X250 Mhz Oscilloscop Probe 7630938389 0 Jun 24,13:48 75.00 HP 1727A STORAGE OSCILLOSOPE 275 MHz 7631009847 0 Jun 24,20:36 4.99 100MHZ Oscillosope Clip Probe (New In the pack) R01 7630005598 1 Jun 24,21:02 25.00 TEKTRONIX 2225 50MHz OSCILLISCOPE 7631176805 0 Jun 25,12:52 0.99 Tektronix Oscilliscope Probe 7631835745 0 Jun 25,14:36 4.99 Nicolet 4094 Digital Oscilliscope 6067049505 5 Jun 25,19:12 21.50 OSCILLISCOPE KIT - NRI Schools, Electronics Training 7631952341 0 Jun 26,08:59 1500.00 6 Ghz Tektronix 7250 Digitizing Oscilloscpe Works !!!! 76314468 plus 199 0 Jun 26,10:36 19.99 HP 10433A Miniature Pbuttive Oscilliscope Probe buttembly 7631453392 0 Jun 26,10:56 6200.00 Tektronix TDS784A 1GHz 4 Channel Digitizing Oscilloscop 110000399653 0 Jun 26,11:54 50.00 Hp 1745A Osilloscope 7631543797 0 Jun 26,15:40 19.99 Front Panel Cover for a Tektronix 432 Oscilliscope 7631566492 0 Jun 26,17:08 68 plus 19.98 LeCroy 9450A Dual 300 MHZ Digital Oscilliscope 7631612920 0 Jun 26,20:36 9.99 * Lot Tektronix Oscilliscope Probes-Accessories P6202A 7631658891 0 Jun 27,00:15 9.90 100MHZ Oscillosope Scope Clip Probe X 1 7631739859 0 Jun 27,08:33 9.99 TEKTRONIX OSCILLISCOPE CURRANT PROBE AMPLIFIER AM 503 190000405787 0 Jun 27,15:59 14.99 Blank Panel for Tektronix 7000 Series Oscilliscope 190000428674 0 Jun 27,20:30 2.00 Osciloscope probe 7631902560 0 Jun 27,22:04 9.95 NICE 1968 TEKTRONIX TYPE 516 RADIO TUBE OSCILLISCOPE

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