Wrdz is a generator that creates random words based on a set of user-defined rules. The most common use of the generator is to create a list of words for constructed languages.
The generator takes two basic inputs in order to start making words:
The characters that can appear in words are defined by a set of inputs called character groups. Character groups take a list of characters separated by spaces. The groups are referenced by a label that you can select from a dropdown menu.
For example, it's common to group all consonants under a group labeled C...
b c d f g...and all vowels under another group labeled V...
a e i o uUse any characters and labels as you see fit.
The pattern defines how characters should be arranged in a single syllable of a word. It uses character group labels as a template for the characters that get randomly selected.
For example, given...
C with characters p t kV with characters a oCV...the resulting word list would have syllables pa, po, ta, to, ka, etc.
Group labels with parentheses means the resulting characters will only appear some of the time. For example, the pattern (C)V will result in syllables like pa and po as well as just a and o.
Characters in the pattern that are not group labels will output themselves instead. For example, since s isn't the label of a character group, the pattern CVs would output syllables like pas, pos, tas, etc.
Rewrites allow a certain sequence of characters in a word to be rewritten as a new sequence. The left text field defines the sequence to be rewritten and the right text field defines its possible replacement sequences, separated by spaces.
For example, given
ki and possible replacements ko piIf the generator produces the word taki, it will be outputted as either tako or tapi.
Exceptions define a list of character sequences that cannot appear in the final word list, separated by spaces. If a word contains any of the sequences defined in exceptions, it will simply be omitted from the output.