2025-09-14 16:11:43 +0000 UTC

Vowel Spellchecker

Code

class Solution(object):
    def spellchecker(self, wordlist, queries):
        def devowel(word):
            return "".join('*' if c in 'aeiou' else c
                           for c in word)

        words_perfect = set(wordlist)
        words_cap = {}
        words_vow = {}

        for word in wordlist:
            wordlow = word.lower()
            words_cap.setdefault(wordlow, word)
            words_vow.setdefault(devowel(wordlow), word)

        def solve(query):
            if query in words_perfect:
                return query

            queryL = query.lower()
            if queryL in words_cap:
                return words_cap[queryL]

            queryLV = devowel(queryL)
            if queryLV in words_vow:
                return words_vow[queryLV]
            return ""

        return tuple(map(solve, queries))