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Patterns

In short, the search pattern is treated as a Perl 5 regular expression.

Parts of Speech

In its raw format (which is what your pattern will try to match), each part-of-speech vocabulary entry consists of a word or phrase field followed by a field delimiter of × (ASCII 215, Perl pattern \xD7) and the part-of-speech field that is coded using the ASCII symbols from the table below (case is significant)
Example raw string:
yes×vN
To find all adjectives containing "cat" (in any case):
cat.*\xD7.*(?-i:A)

NounN
Pluralp
Noun Phrase h
Verb (usu participle)V
Verb (transitive)t
Verb (intransitive)i
Adjective A
Adverb v
Conjunction C
Preposition P
Interjection !
Pronoun r
Definite Article D
Indefinite Article I
Nominative o

Moby Pronunciation Dictionary

Each pronunciation vocabulary entry consists of a word or phrase field followed by a field delimiter of space " " and the IPA-equivalent field that is coded using the following ASCII symbols (case is significant). Spaces between words in the word or phrase or pronunciation field is denoted with underbar "_".

/&/ "a" in "dab"
/(@)/ "a" in "air"
/A/ "a" in "far"
/eI/ "a" in "day"
/@/ "a" in "ado" or the glide "e" in "system" (dipthong schwa)
/-/ "ir" glide in "tire" or the "dl" glide in "handle" or the "den" glide in "sodden" (dipthong little schwa)
/b/ "b" in "nab"
/tS/ "ch" in "ouch"
/d/ "d" in "pod"
/E/ "e" in "red"
/i/ "e" in "see"
/f/ "f" in "elf"
/g/ "g" in "fig"
/h/ "h" in "had"
/hw/ "w" in "white"
/I/ "i" in "hid"
/aI/ "i" in "ice"
/dZ/ "g" in "vegetably"
/k/ "c" in "act"
/l/ "l" in "ail"
/m/ "m" in "aim"
/N/ "ng" in "bang"
/n/ "n" in "and"
/Oi/ "oi" in "oil"
/A/ "o" in "bob"
/AU/ "ow" in "how"
/O/ "o" in "dog"
/oU/ "o" in "boat"
/u/ "oo" in "too"
/U/ "oo" in "book"
/p/ "p" in "imp"
/r/ "r" in "ire"
/S/ "sh" in "she"
/s/ "s" in "sip"
/T/ "th" in "bath"
/D/ "th" in "the"
/t/ "t" in "tap"
/@/ "u" in "cup"
/@r/ "u" in "burn"
/v/ "v" in "average"
/w/ "w" in "win"
/j/ "y" in "you"
/Z/ "s" in "vision"
/z/ "z" in "zoo"

Stress or emphasis is marked in the data with the marks:

'(uncurled apostrophe) marks primary stress
,(comma) marks secondary stress.

Moby Pronunciator contains many common names and phrases borrowed from other languages; special sounds include (case is significant):

"A" "a" in "ami"
"N" "n" in "Francoise"
"R" "r" in "Der"
/x/ "ch" in "Bach"
/y/ "eu" in "cordon bleu"
"Y" "u" in "Dubois"

Words and Phrases adopted from languages other than English have the unaccented form of the roman spelling. For example, "etude" has an initial accented "e" but is spelled without the accent in the Moby Pronunciator II database.

CMU Pronunciation Dictionary

Stress is indicated by means of a numeral [012] attached to a vowel:

0no stress
1primary stress
2secondary stress
PhonemeExampleTranslation
AA odd AA D
AE at AE T
AH hut HH AH T
AO ought AO T
AW cow K AW
AY hide HH AY D
B be B IY
CH cheese CH IY Z
D dee D IY
DH thee DH IY
EH Ed EH D
ER hurt HH ER T
EY ate EY T
F fee F IY
G green G R IY N
HH he HH IY
IH it IH T
IY eat IY T
JH gee JH IY
K key K IY
L lee L IY
M me M IY
N knee N IY
NG ping P IY NG
OW oat OW T
OY toy T OY
P pee P IY
R read R IY D
S sea S IY
SH she SH IY
T tea T IY
TH theta TH EY T AH
UH hood HH UH D
UW two T UW
V vee V IY
W we W IY
Y yield Y IY L D
Z zee Z IY
ZH seizure S IY ZH ER