Abstract: Techniques for using a lexical dialect analysis system to analyze words based on sound pattern constraints and non-sound specific constraints are described herein. A first set of sound pattern constraints specifying word positions of phonetic sounds is applied to a set of lexicon entries to produce a first subset of the set of lexicon entries. A second set of non-sound specific constraints specifying non-sound specific aspects of words is also applied to the set of lexicon entries to produce a second subset of the set of lexicon entries. The lexicon entries that satisfy both sets of constraints are returned.