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A computer program that checks the spelling of words in a text, typically by comparison with a stored list of words.
‘I tried to explain the spellchecker to her, but after a few seconds I realized I was wasting my breath.’
‘No matter how good you are with words, a spellchecker is an indispensable tool.’
‘Maybe you should at least use the spellchecker before tossing it overboard?’
‘A wise editor could have remedied this, and the text is also littered with the sort of errors that come from reliance on electronic spellcheckers.’
‘My computer spellchecker, however, has other ideas.’
‘The scientists theorize that it can execute 765 different programs - although nothing as complex as, say, a spellchecker.’
‘He even spelt some words wrong, and maybe he should've just used the computer spellchecker.’
‘My spellchecker continues to highlight the word as a spelling mistake.’
‘If you're familiar with the spellchecker in a word processor, you'll get on with this tool instantly.’
‘The market for spellcheckers and monolingual dictionaries would be greatly reduced.’
‘Many full-formed adults come over all trembly when parted from the spellchecker on the PC.’
‘This grizzly situation is the fault of computer spellcheckers.’
‘But like I said, in this experiment, I am paying no mind to the spellchecker's naggings, and will push on.’
‘I don't remember exactly how she responds or if her reply was run through spellchecker.’
‘The combination of frequency and spellchecker was much more powerful than the spellcheckers alone.’
‘When you run the spellchecker, it checks the spellings of words, says ok this word is wrong, do you want it changed.’
‘This powerful editor will enable you to edit large files, format your text, convert your text to HTML, and even includes a spellchecker and thesaurus.’
‘Okay, so it appears I made a typo on ‘so’ and my spellchecker helpfully changed the word to ‘sortie,’ but you get the point.’
‘And, boy, did the spellchecker go mad on these sentences.’
‘My spellchecker (which has rather a lot of questions about this text) asks if ‘noseless’ should be ‘noiseless ’.’