spellchecker

British

/ ˈspɛlˌtʃɛkə /

noun

computing a program that highlights any word in a word-processed document that is not recognized as being correctly spelt

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Previous work by the laboratory identified a "genomic spellchecker," a DNA repair mechanism devoted to reducing mutation risks in key parts of human chromosomes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

Former head teacher George Gilchrist tweeted about the issue after it emerged primary seven pupils were using the online spellchecker on the test.

From BBC • May 17, 2018

When I tried to text somebody yesterday about HMV, the spellchecker replaced "HMV" with "Jamb".

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2013

Which I would be happy to quote at length, if my spellchecker didn’t keep decorating Martian words with squiggly red lines.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2012

Checking and proofing For spelling, most people just use the spellchecker built into their editor or word-processor.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

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