Questions tagged [spellcheck]

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Easy way to install additional spell-check dictionaries for OS X?

I am looking for an easy way to install spell-check dictionaries for languages that are not supported by default on OS X (one example Romanian). By easy way, I mean a solution that does not require command line usage. While this is ok for me, for…
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Develop spelling dictionary and grammar support in macOS for unsupported languages

I'm coming from Windows and Linux world, so don't be too harsh :-) Is it possible to develop a spelling dictionary and grammar support for unsupported languages? Is there any documentation available? After some searching, I didn't find anything…
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Big Sur does not reliably recognize German

I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur, and now my Notes documents, which are mixed German/English, are no longer spell-checked correctly. Many (but not all) German words are incorrectly highlighted in red: Oddly, it seems to have no trouble at all…
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Learn spelling keyboard shortcut

Apple spellchecker is very useful, but does not work very well for technical text as it is missing all brand names and 50% words, doing more damage than good. Is there a way to do "Learn spelling" action as a keyboard shortcut, so that I don't need…
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Extending native spell check

When I use the messages.app, messages I type are automagically corrected/replaced. How can I enable this feature across many more apps like Chrome for example?
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What can I do to improve Apple's spellcheck?

I use a variety of tools for writing, many of which have their own spellcheck or grammar check functionality, and am pretty consistently impressed by how good these are (Google Doc for example is great, as are most IDEs). But Apple's spellcheck is…
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Mail spelling checker will not stop

This is driving me crazy. I have gone into Preferences and set spellchecking -> NEVER But it will not stop! : : This gets my goat. I rarely if ever make spelling errors, and it is constantly getting in my way. Is there some way to get rid of it…
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