Typing Guide

Type Bangla phonetically.

A complete reference for typing Bengali using English letters in Likhi. All examples are drawn from verified benchmark test cases.

Quick Examples

Common words & phrases.

ami→আমি
tumi→তুমি
bhalo→ভালো
kemon→কেমন
acho→আছো
ajke→আজকে
kache→কাছে
jabo→যাবো
korte→করতে
hobe→হবে
hoyeche→হয়েছে
brishti→বৃষ্টি
computer→কম্পিউটার
mobile→মোবাইল
internet→ইন্টারনেট
office→অফিস
coffee→কফি
doctor→ডাক্তার
battery→ব্যাটারি
wifi→ওয়াইফাই
shwastho→স্বাস্থ্য
antorjatik→আন্তর্জাতিক
brohmoputro→ব্রহ্মপুত্র
biggopti→বিজ্ঞপ্তি
utkrishto→উৎকৃষ্ট
akangkha→আকাঙ্ক্ষা
ujjwol→উজ্জ্বল
tottwo→তত্ত্ব
shringkhola→শৃঙ্খলা
smriti→স্মৃতি
bangladesh→বাংলাদেশ
dhaka→ঢাকা
chottogram→চট্টগ্রাম
rajshahi→রাজশাহী
sylhet→সিলেট
khulna→খুলনা

Fuzzy Matching

Spell it your way.

Likhi understands common Banglish spelling variations. You don't need to memorize one specific spelling — the engine resolves the most likely Bengali word. Banglish variation accuracy: 100% (45/45 test cases) in benchmark.

You type (variations)Likhi outputs
ami / aami / ameeআমি
battery / battary / batery / batteriব্যাটারি
bhalo / valo / bhaaloভালো
office / ofis / oficeঅফিস
doctor / daktar / doktarডাক্তার
bangladesh / bangla deshবাংলাদেশ

Sentences

Full sentence examples.

Likhi's context-aware bigram model improves accuracy across full sentences. These examples are from the 520-sentence gold benchmark corpus (98.08% accuracy).

ami ajke office e jabo
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আমি আজকে অফিসে যাবো
tumi kemon acho
→
তুমি কেমন আছো
amar computer ta bhalo kaj korche
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আমার কম্পিউটার টা ভালো কাজ করছে
brishti porche baire
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বৃষ্টি পড়ছে বাইরে
bangladesh amader priya matribhumi
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বাংলাদেশ আমাদের প্রিয় মাতৃভূমি
shwastho i shompad
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স্বাস্থ্যই সম্পদ
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Context helps. The bigram language model considers the word you just committed when ranking candidates for the next word — improving suggestions for naturally-flowing sentences.

Advanced

Complex conjuncts (যুক্তাক্ষর).

Bengali has many complex consonant clusters. Likhi handles them with correct Unicode sequences — zero broken conjuncts, zero dangling Hasants. All 46 Unicode integrity tests pass at 100%.

ConjunctBengaliType thisExample word
ক্ষ (Khyo)ক্ষksh / kkhক্ষমা
জ্ঞ (Ggyo)জ্ঞgg / ggyজ্ঞান
ত্র (Tro)ত্রtrমিত্র
শ্র (Shro)শ্রshrশ্রম
ন্ত (Nto)ন্তnto / ntঅন্ত
ষ্ট (Shto)ষ্টsht / sstoকষ্ট
স্ব (Swo)স্বsw / shwস্বাস্থ্য
ব্র (Bro)ব্রbrব্রহ্ম
ঞ্চ (Ncho)ঞ্চnchপঞ্চ
জ্জ (Jjo)জ্জjjউজ্জ্বল
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Likhi uses lexicon-first candidate generation. Complex conjuncts are produced when the matching word exists in the 73,870+ curated dictionary (86,000+ total expanded word forms) — not by arbitrary phoneme stacking. This ensures zero invalid Unicode sequences.

Tips

Getting the best results.

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Type the whole word, then commit
Likhi's ranking improves as you type more characters. Press Tab or Space after completing the word for the best candidate.
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Use Tab for Suggestions (Enter sends messages)
Press Tab to insert candidate suggestions into your document. Unlike older tools, pressing Enter will never accidentally commit candidates — it passes through to send chat messages or add newlines cleanly.
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Use number keys for quick selection
Press 1–5 to immediately commit a specific candidate from the suggestion bar without moving your hands from the keyboard.
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1-Click Banglish → English Translation (Ctrl+Alt+E)
Click [🌐] on the Floating Toolbar or press Ctrl+Alt+E to convert Banglish thoughts directly into fluent English sentences.
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Add names to your personal dictionary
Proper nouns and uncommon words may not be in the main lexicon. Add them via bangla_settings.exe → Personal Dictionary.
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English words stay as English
For mixed-script writing, the exact English word (e.g. Google, YouTube) is always available as a candidate option.
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