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title: Developing lexical models (dictionaries)
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A **lexical model** (Keyman apps use the term
**dictionary**) is what powers **predictive text**
and **autocorrect** for a language. If you want your keyboard to predict
and correct words in your language, you must create a lexical model that
generates suggestions for your language.

[What is a lexical model? Or: how do I add prediction and autocorrection
to my keyboard?](intro)

[Tutorial: Developing a lexical model from a word list](tutorial)

[Advanced lexical models topics](advanced)

[Distribute a lexical model](distribute)

## Reference

[Wordlist TSV format](../../reference/file-types/tsv)