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When I write a letter my workflow is like this. I type sentence. Some words end up underlined red. I right click on the underlined words and select the correct spelling.

The problem is that the quality of suggestions that I get is really low. Often, the correct spelling is not suggested even though it's one or two edit operation away. When I paste the same misspelled word into google, it finds the correct spelling immediately. That, of course, is prohibitively time consuming. I mean, if general search the internet performs better, the built in algorithm is really awful

So, how can I improve the quality of spelling suggestions? Is there a way to plug in a different algorithm or a different dictionary?

Earnest Frankly
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  • What apps are you talking about? Office and some others use totally different stuff than what apple provides. – Tom Gewecke Jun 14 '17 at 23:43
  • It is actually possible to write custom spell servers, and people have ported better algorithms. See https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/455558/cocoaspell-successor-improved-spell-check-for-m1-macos-13#comment663771_455558 – 1110101001 Mar 06 '23 at 07:54

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A possible alternative is Spellcatcher X.

http://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherx/

Update

Unfortunately, Spellcatcher X is no longer supported. However, it is still available for download on a number of sites, such as MacUpdate.

Note: This will only run on Intel Macs with older versions of macOS (i.e. it is a 32-bit app and will only work up to and including macOS 10.14 Mojave)

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