[pmoriarty]

Using spelling correction on a limited word set that avoids ambiguities is a brilliant idea. It wouldn't solve every issue with word-based systems (for instance, people who don't speak the language will still have problems, and it obviously wouldn't be as reliable without a computer) but it's much better than W3W, and I hope whoever implements an open W3W alternative implements it.

[tdeck]

This is how competently-designed word list systems (like the PGP word list) work. The problem is that W3W appears to be a sloppy first approximation of a solution.