PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically create synonyms from a database without manually preparing rules for extracting synonyms. PSOLUTION: A means 2 for creating common pattern rules extracts as synonym rules pairs of partial character strings that commonly appear in a plurality of synonym groups supplied from a synonym storage part 1. The rules extracted are applied to words in the database 3 to automatically create synonyms. If not stored in the synonym storage part 1, the synonyms created are additionally stored, thereby automatically increasing the number of words registered in the synonym dictionary. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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