A Python generator that takes an alphabet string and word length, and generates words (character combinations from the alphabet) in the desired range

dictionary_generator.py

import itertools
import math
from typing import Optional, Generator


def dictionary_generator(alphabet: str, word_length: int, start: Optional[int] = None, stop: Optional[int] = None) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
    def new_state(start=0, stop=None):
        return itertools.islice(alphabet, start, stop)

    if not alphabet:
        raise ValueError('alphabet can\'t be empty')
    if word_length < 1:
        raise ValueError('word_length has to be positive')

    alphabet_size = len(alphabet)
    dictionary_size = pow(alphabet_size, word_length)

    if start is not None and not (0 <= start < dictionary_size):
        raise ValueError(f'start needs to be between 0 and dictionary_size({dictionary_size})')
    if stop is not None and not ((start if start else 0) <= stop < dictionary_size):
        raise ValueError(f'stop needs to be between start and dictionary_size({dictionary_size})')

    if stop is None:
        stop = dictionary_size - 1

    states = [None] * word_length

    if start is None or start == 0:
        word_count = 0

        states = [new_state() for _ in range(word_length)]

    else:
        word_count = start

        i = word_length - 1

        while i >= 0 and start:
            offset = start % alphabet_size

            states[i] = new_state(start=offset)

            start -= offset
            start = math.floor(start / alphabet_size)

            i -= 1

        while i >= 0:
            states[i] = new_state()
            i -= 1

    generated_word = ''
    for i in range(word_length - 1):
        generated_word += next(states[i])

    last_index = word_length - 1
    current_index = last_index
    while current_index >= 0:
        for char in states[last_index]:
            yield generated_word + char

            if word_count == stop:
                current_index = -1
                break
            word_count += 1
        if current_index == -1:
            break

        states[last_index] = new_state()

        word_changed_part = ''
        current_index = last_index - 1
        while current_index >= 0:
            try:
                word_changed_part = next(states[current_index]) + word_changed_part
                generated_word = generated_word[:-(last_index - current_index)] + word_changed_part
                break
            except StopIteration:
                states[current_index] = new_state()
                word_changed_part = next(states[current_index]) + word_changed_part
                current_index -= 1