NOUN
- an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words
How To Use spelling checker In A Sentence
- If you wanted to spell check it, you had to buy a spelling checker.
- If Microsoft Word's spelling checker's autocorrection feature is switched on, it capitalises the word for you.
- The program rejected the word practicalities and suggested "proctolitis" in its place, thereby neatly illustrating my contention that spelling checkers, as reliable aids to cleaning up one's copy, are a pain in the ass. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 4
- This wasn't just a case of a misplaced letter or a word mangled by the spelling checker. Archive 2009-10-01
- (And fancy the spelling checker which so often annoys me, accepting “plumier”.) Jean's Knitting
- Your custom dictionary is full or corrupt, or the spelling checker files may be damaged.