Grammalecte  Check-in [496180aadf]

        ['œ', 'oe'], ['æ', 'ae'], 
        ['ſ', 's'],  ['ffi', 'ffi'],  ['ffl', 'ffl'],  ['ff', 'ff'],  ['ſt', 'ft'],  ['fi', 'fi'],  ['fl', 'fl'],  ['st', 'st']
    ]),

    simplifyWord: function (sWord) {
        // word simplication before calculating distance between words
        sWord = sWord.toLowerCase();
        sWord = ([...sWord].map(c => this._xTransCharsForSimplification.gl_get(c, c))).join('')
        sWord = [...sWord].map(c => this._xTransCharsForSimplification.gl_get(c, c)).join('');
        let sNewWord = "";
        let i = 1;
        for (let c of sWord) {
            if (c != sWord.slice(i, i+1)) {
            if (c == 'e' || c != sWord.slice(i, i+1)) {  // exception for <e> to avoid confusion between crée / créai
                sNewWord += c;
            }
            i++;
        }
        return sNewWord.replace(/eau/g, "o").replace(/au/g, "o").replace(/ai/g, "e").replace(/ei/g, "e").replace(/ph/g, "f");
    },

})

def simplifyWord (sWord):
    "word simplication before calculating distance between words"
    sWord = sWord.lower().translate(_xTransCharsForSimplification)
    sNewWord = ""
    for i, c in enumerate(sWord, 1):
        if c != sWord[i:i+1]:
        if c == 'e' or c != sWord[i:i+1]:  # exception for <e> to avoid confusion between crée / créai
            sNewWord += c
    return sNewWord.replace("eau", "o").replace("au", "o").replace("ai", "e").replace("ei", "e").replace("ph", "f")


aVowel = set("aáàâäāeéèêëēiíìîïīoóòôöōuúùûüūyýỳŷÿȳœæAÁÀÂÄĀEÉÈÊËĒIÍÌÎÏĪOÓÒÔÖŌUÚÙÛÜŪYÝỲŶŸȲŒÆ")
aConsonant = set("bcçdfghjklmnñpqrstvwxzBCÇDFGHJKLMNÑPQRSTVWXZ")
aDouble = set("bcdfjklmnprstzBCDFJKLMNPRSTZ")  # letters that may be used twice successively