Tool to detect the language of a text document (Lang Recognition). There are hundreds of languages, this tool will detect the language of a text.
Language Recognition - dCode
Tag(s) : Data Processing
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Language Recognition
Language Detector
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
How to recognize/identify the language of a text?
A language is a system of signs (characters) that enables communication between people. Language recognition (dialect or lang detection) is based on the characters detection (the alphabet) among the expressions and the words in the text.
The main principle is to detect/identify/recognize common words
Example: In English a, to, of, etc., in French, de, la, le, un, et
Count rare characters (or missing ones) to discriminate some foreign languages
Example: In English, the letter j is rare, in French, the letter w is rare and limited to words imported from other languages
Look for language specific characters/signs as diacritics
Example: In Spanish, the ñ (tilde n) appears often, in French, accent letters such as â,ç,è,é,ê,î,ô,û,ù are used, etc.
dCode is limited to a hundred languages worldwide.
How to count words in a text?
dCode offers word counting and / or character frequency analysis tools.
What are the most common languages?
The languages with the most speakers in the world are
| English |
| Mandarin Chinese |
| Spanish |
| Arabic |
| Hindi/Hindustani |
| French |
Source code
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Language Recognition on dCode.fr [online website], retrieved on 2022-09-30,
