spellchecker

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spell checker

or spell·check·er (spĕl′chĕk′ər)
n.
An application within most word processing programs that checks for spelling errors in documents.

spell check v.
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spellchecker

(ˈspɛlˌtʃɛkə)
n
(Computer Science) computing a program that highlights any word in a word-processed document that is not recognized as being correctly spelt
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Translations
مُصَحِحُ الْتَهْجِئَة
kontrola pravopisu
stavekontrol
Rechtschreibprüfung
πρόγραμμα ελέγχου ορθογραφίας
corrector ortográfico
oikolukuohjelma
correcteur d’orthographe
provjera grešaka
controllo ortografico
スペルチェッカー
철자검사 프로그램
spellingchecker
stavekontroll
funkcja sprawdzania pisowni
corretor ortográfico
программа проверки орфографии
stavningskontroll
yazım denetimi
phần mềm kiểm tra lỗi chính tả
拼写检查器

spellchecker

[ˈspelˌtʃekəʳ] Ncorrector m ortográfico
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spellchecker

مُصَحِحُ الْتَهْجِئَة kontrola pravopisu stavekontrol Rechtschreibprüfung πρόγραμμα ελέγχου ορθογραφίας corrector ortográfico oikolukuohjelma correcteur d’orthographe provjera grešaka controllo ortografico スペルチェッカー 철자검사 프로그램 spellingchecker stavekontroll funkcja sprawdzania pisowni corretor ortográfico программа проверки орфографии stavningskontroll ซอฟต์แวร์ของคอมพิวเตอร์ที่ใช้สำหรับตรวจคำศัพท์ yazım denetimi phần mềm kiểm tra lỗi chính tả 拼写检查器
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"With regard to the Welsh language grammar and spellchecker the council based this figure on the license fee it had been paying in the past to provide the software to its Welsh speaking staff was unaware at the time of receiving the draft notice that discounts were available for mass licences.
Less than half of the above words were accepted by a spellchecker and by the M-W Pocket Diet.
From this experience, Arppe says, they learned it was possible to start from almost nothing and create, in one or two years, a decent-quality initial version of the basic set of language tools (spellchecker, electronic dictionary).
He takes advantage of the spellchecker facility which has improved his confidence in the messages he sends.
Users have the option switch the languages and many of them are supported by Drive's spellchecker. They can also collaborate Drive app with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms.
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