$ sudo apt-get purge dictionaries-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  abiword-common emacsen-common evolution-data-server-common libbluetooth3
  libboost-thread1.62.0 libcamel-1.2-59 libchamplain-0.12-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0
  libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango20 libcogl-path20 libcogl20
  libcompfaceg1 libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2
  libecal-1.2-19 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-22 libgpgme11 libical2
  libloudmouth1-0 libots0 libphonenumber7 libpisock9 libprotobuf10 libtelepathy-glib0
  libtidy5 libusb-0.1-4 libwmf0.2-7 libwv-1.2-4
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  abiword* aspell* aspell-en* dictionaries-common* libabiword-3.0* libenchant1c2a*
  libgtkspell0* libwebkitgtk-1.0-0* midori* sylpheed*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.5 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 123989 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing abiword (3.0.2-2+deb9u1) ...
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Removing sylpheed (3.5.1-2+b1) ...
Removing libabiword-3.0:i386 (3.0.2-2+deb9u1) ...
Removing libgtkspell0 (2.0.16-1.1) ...
Removing libenchant1c2a:i386 (1.6.0-11+b1) ...
Removing aspell-en (2016.11.20-0-0.1) ...
update-default-aspell: Removing remove file "/var/lib/aspell/en.remove".
Removing aspell (0.60.7~20110707-3+b2) ...
Removing dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ...
Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common'
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(Reading database ... 123312 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ...
Purging configuration files for midori (0.5.11-ds1-4+b1) ...
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Writing Menu: icewm

$ sudo apt-get install wamerican
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  abiword-common emacsen-common evolution-data-server-common libbluetooth3
  libboost-thread1.62.0 libcamel-1.2-59 libchamplain-0.12-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0
  libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango20 libcogl-path20 libcogl20
  libcompfaceg1 libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2
  libecal-1.2-19 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-22 libgpgme11 libical2
  libloudmouth1-0 libots0 libphonenumber7 libpisock9 libprotobuf10 libtelepathy-glib0
  libtidy5 libusb-0.1-4 libwmf0.2-7 libwv-1.2-4
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wamerican
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 1,014 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch/main i386 wamerican all 7.1-1 [272 kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package wamerican.
(Reading database ... 123305 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wamerican_7.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking wamerican (7.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
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