Spell check

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

The act of spellchecking..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of spellchecking.
2. A spellchecker.
3. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
4. (transitive) To run a spellchecker on (a document).

Example Sentences

You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.

My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.

"We want to make sure our children know how to spell in English." They will if they learn the Reading Reform way, Mrs. Goldberg told them. "I've been teaching this method for 18 years," she said. And never once used a spelling aid? "Well," she said, "I am a recent user of 'spellcheck.' I thought I might make some typos on the computer and spellcheck would pick that up. So I started using it. Then the other day I found I made a serious error, and it hadn't been picked up. I had come to rely on spellcheck!"

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Word Forms

• spellchecks
• spell check
• spell-check
• spellchecking
• spellchecked

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