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`Datamuse` ¶

The Datamuse API is a word-finding query engine for developers.

Use it in your apps to find words that match a given set of constraints and that are likely in a given context. Specify a wide variety of constraints on meaning, spelling, sound, and vocabulary in your queries, in any combination.

`metadata` `property` ¶

A mapping of a word to its metadata.

`associations(ml, start='', end='')` ¶

words related to ml

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`ml`	`Word`	means like	required
`start`	`Word`	start with	`'*'`
`end`	`Word`	end in	`'*'`

`homophones(sl)` ¶

words that sound like sl

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`sl`	`Word`	sounds like	required

`orthographic_neighbours(sp)` ¶

words that are spelled similarly to sp

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`sp`	`Word`	spelled like	required

`pattern(start, end, letters)` ¶

words that start with start, end in end, and have letters in between

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`start`	`Word`	start with	required
`end`	`Word`	end in	required
`letters`	`int`	letters in between	required

words that are related by rel

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`word`	`Word`	the word	required
`rel`	`RelatedWordCode`	related word	required

`suggestions(s)` ¶

sugesstions from prefix hint string s

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`s`	`Word`	prefix hint string	required

`synonyms(ml)` ¶

words with a meaning similar to ml

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`ml`	`Word`	means like	required

`with_metadata(*md)` ¶

Include extra lexical knowledge for a Word.

Accessible through the metadata property.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`md`	`MetadataFlag`	the metadata	`()`