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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import re
+
+from . import BackendBase
+
+
+class LanguageBackend(BackendBase):
+    def check_word(self, word):
+        ALL_ALPHANUM = re.compile('([0-9a-záéíóúüñ])', re.I)
+        NON_ALPHANUM = re.compile('([^0-9a-záéíóúüñ])', re.I)
+
+        TOO_MANY_VOWELS = re.compile('[aáeéiíoóuúü]{3}', re.I)
+        TOO_MANY_CONSONANTS = re.compile('[bcdfghjklmnñpqrstvwxyz]{5}', re.I)
+        ALL_ALPHA = re.compile('^[a-z]+$', re.I)
+        SINGLE_LETTER_WORDS = re.compile('^[aeoóuy]$', re.I)
+
+        #(L) If a string is longer than 20 characters, it is garbage
+        if len(word) > 20:
+            return None
+
+        #(A) If a string’s ratio of alphanumeric characters to total
+        #characters is less than 50%, the string is garbage
+        if len(ALL_ALPHANUM.findall(word)) < len(word) / 2:
+            return None
+
+        #Remove word if all the letters in the word are non alphanumeric
+        if len(NON_ALPHANUM.findall(word)) == len(word):
+            return None
+
+        #Removed words with too many consecutie vowels
+        if TOO_MANY_VOWELS.findall(word):
+            return None
+
+        #Removed words with too many consecutie consonants
+        if TOO_MANY_CONSONANTS.findall(word):
+            return None
+
+        #Only allow specific single letter words
+        if len(word) == 1 and not SINGLE_LETTER_WORDS.findall(word):
+            return None
+
+        return word