Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder
Find distinctive prose phrases repeated too closely or too often with line and word-gap evidence.
The problem it solves
Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder [](https://github.com/loganpendragonmultiverse/unintentional-phrase-echo-finder/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
Who Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder is for
- People who need a small, purpose-built utility instead of a broad platform.
- Users working with writing, prose, repetition who want the documented v1.0.0 behavior.
- People who prefer an open-source release with visible limitations, source, and license terms.
Intended result
Find distinctive prose phrases repeated too closely or too often with line and word-gap evidence.
This summary is reconciled from the current catalog and repository documentation.
Features in v1.0.0
Capabilities below come from the current project README and release documentation.
[](https://github.com/loganpendragonmultiverse/unintentional-phrase-echo-finder/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder locates distinctive multi-word phrases repeated unusually close together or at least three times in UTF-8 prose. It reports normalized phrases, counts, closest word gaps, and line and column locations.
Verified examples
Screenshots are shown only when the current README references a local source image. Otherwise, repository example files are linked directly.
Platforms and implementation
The public release claims only the cataloged platforms and technologies.
Supported platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Built with
- Python
Quick start
The shortest documented path into the current release.
python -m pip install .
phrase-echo examples/sample.txt
phrase-echo manuscript.txt --min-words 4 --max-words 8 --max-gap-words 500 --format jsonThe longest matching phrases are prioritized, and shorter matches with identical occurrence locations are suppressed. Thresholds are explicit so writers can tune the report to different manuscript sizes.
Current limitations
These boundaries are part of the product and prevent the page from implying unverified capability.
Every result is a review prompt, not a style violation. Repetition can be deliberate, grammatically necessary, thematic, or part of dialogue. The tool performs case-insensitive token matching; it does not understand meaning, stemming, sentence boundaries, or manuscript formats other than supplied UTF-8 text.
Requires Python 3.10 or newer. Development checks use Ruff, pytest with branch coverage, and package builds.
Part of the Logan Pendragon Forge open-source collection. Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
Privacy and licensing
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Privacy and safety
No privacy behavior beyond the current repository documentation is claimed. Review the source, security policy, and input/output behavior before using sensitive material.
License and release
Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder is published under MIT. The current cataloged release is v1.0.0, published 2026-07-27.
Related projects
Related projects are selected deterministically from shared catalog tags, category, and implementation technologies—not popularity or paid placement.
Unintentional Phrase Echo Finder v1.0.0
Use the tagged release for downloads and release notes. Use the repository for source, issues, contribution guidance, security reporting, and complete documentation.
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