spellcheck
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- noun
- /ˈspɛlˌtʃɛk/
- Specialized
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corrector ortográfico
- The spellcheck suggested corrections for several misspelled words in my report.
- use spellcheck
Examples
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Perhaps they've all neglected the spellcheck feature?
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Some smart person should really develop a spellcheck with a built-in grammar feature that can fix this for us.
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You need to use spellcheck too.
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Do you mean because they have spellcheck?
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And a spellcheck wouldn't hurt.
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Another interesting bit of trivia is how spellcheck tries to correct the word 'fracking' and change it to something else.
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I wrote that last comment too quickly and forgot to use spellcheck (which is what Smeyer probably did with Breaking Dawn).
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Although I don't know how spellcheck would have worked in an era when spelling wasn't standardized.
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Before submitting her essay, Maria always runs a spellcheck to catch any mistakes.
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Using a spellcheck can help improve the quality of your written work.
Synonyms
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A software feature that fixes typing mistakes as you type
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A program that shows spelling mistakes in text
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A computer program that checks words for wrong letters and suggests corrections
A computer program that finds wrongly written words in text
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spellcheck is made from two words, spell, which means 'to put letters in the right order or write a word', and check, which means 'to look for mistakes'. A spellcheck was made for computer tools that find and correct wrong spellings.