regex101: Laughter

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1([aei]*h*[aei]+h[haei]+|[aei]*y*[aei]+y[yaei]*|o?l+o+l+[ol]*)

1st Alternative[aei]*h*[aei]+h[haei]+

Character Class[aei]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

h*the literal h (104₁₀ / 150₈ / 68₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated any number of times

Character Class[aei]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

hthe literal h (104₁₀ / 150₈ / 68₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[haei]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

hthe literal h (104₁₀ / 150₈ / 68₁₆) (case sensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative[aei]*y*[aei]+y[yaei]*

Character Class[aei]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

y*the literal y (121₁₀ / 171₈ / 79₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated any number of times

Character Class[aei]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

ythe literal y (121₁₀ / 171₈ / 79₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[yaei]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

ythe literal y (121₁₀ / 171₈ / 79₁₆) (case sensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeo?l+o+l+[ol]*

o?optionally matches the literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

l+the literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated at least once

o+the literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated at least once

l+the literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated at least once

Character Class[ol]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

\b([aei]*h*[aei]+h[haei]+|[aei]*y*[aei]+y[yaei]*|o?l+o+l+[ol]*)\b

New

hahahahhhahahahhahahaa

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