gematria python

1def gematria(word):
2    alphabet = {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3, "d":4, "e":5, "f":6, "g":7, "h":8, "i":9, "j":10, "k":11, "l":12, "m":13, 
3    "n":14, "o":15, "p":16, "q":17, "r":18, "s":19, "t":20, "u":21, "v":22, "w":23, "x":24, "y":25, "z":26, " ":0}
4    word_gematria = 0
5    for i in range(len(word)):
6        word_gematria += alphabet[word[i]]
7    return word_gematria 
8print(gematria("abc")) >>> #will print 6