A Proposal for Proquints: Identifiers that are Readable, Spellable, and Pronounceable

TL;DR

This paper proposes 'proquints', a new type of identifier composed of pronounceable consonant-vowel patterns, aiming to improve readability, spellability, and pronounceability of IDs for easier management and memorability.

Contribution

The paper introduces 'proquints', a novel identifier format using alternating consonants and vowels to enhance readability and pronunciation compared to traditional IDs.

Findings

Proquints are easy to read and spell.

Proquints are pronounceable and memorable.

Proquints can be generated systematically for various applications.

Abstract

Identifiers (IDs) are pervasive throughout our modern life. We suggest that these IDs would be easier to manage and remember if they were easily readable, spellable, and pronounceable. As a solution to this problem we propose using PRO-nouncable QUINT-uplets of alternating unambiguous consonants and vowels: _proquints_.