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Spell checker

In software, a spell checker (or spelling checker or spell check) is a software feature that checks for misspellings in a text. Spell-checking features are often embedded in software or services, such as a word processor, email client, electronic dictionary, or search engine.

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Design

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Functionality

Spell-checking for languages other than English

Context-sensitive spell checkers

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Spell checker

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples103
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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Spell checker

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related to PCs · 21
Spell checker → Although, Asian, Commodore, Developers, English, European, Finnish, However, Hungarian, Iceland, January, Maria Mariani, OEM, On, PCs, Random House, The, Windows PCs, WordCheck, WordPerfect
related to Pre-PC · 18
Spell checker → ARPAnet, DEC PDP-10, Earnest, English, February, Georgetown University, Gorin, IBM, In, Laboratory, Les Earnest, Ralph Gorin, SAIL, SPELL, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence, The, Unix
related to Context-sensitive spell checkers · 12
Spell checker → Andrew Golding, Context-sensitive, Dan Roth's, For, Google Wave, Microsoft Office, Not, Thai, Thailand, The, There, Winnow-based
related to Functionality · 10
Spell checker → English, For, Hence, If, In, It, Thai, The, They, This
related to Unix · 10
Spell checker → Aspell's, English, GNU Aspell, Gorin's SPELL, It, MIT, Pace Willisson, The GNU, The International Ispell, Unix
related to Design · 6
Spell checker → An, English, Even, For, It, This
related to Spell-checking for languages other than English · 5
Spell checker → Each, English, In, In German, Some
related to Specialties · 1
Spell checker → Some

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spell words checkers spelling checker word english eye errors first languages software chequer hunspell text many correct dictionary algorithms used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Germaninstance ofthough its benefits for highly synthetic languages0.80text
Hungarianinstance ofthough its benefits for highly synthetic languages0.80text
or Turkish are clear.As an adjunct to these componentsinstance ofthough its benefits for highly synthetic languages0.80text
the program's user interface allows users to approve or reject replacementsinstance ofthough its benefits for highly synthetic languages0.80text
modify the program's operation.Spell checkers can use approximate string matching algorithms such as Levenshtein distance to find correct spellings of misspelled wordsinstance ofthough its benefits for highly synthetic languages0.80text
Aspellinstance ofIts goal is to combine programs supporting different languages0.80text
Hunspellinstance ofIts goal is to combine programs supporting different languages0.80text
Nuspellinstance ofIts goal is to combine programs supporting different languages0.80text
Hspellinstance ofIts goal is to combine programs supporting different languages0.80text
Maria Marianiinstance ofDevelopers0.80text
Random House rushed OEM packages or end-user products into the rapidly expanding software marketinstance ofDevelopers0.80text
Firefoxinstance ofIt came with a dictionary but could build and incorporate use of secondary dictionaries.BrowsersWeb browsers0.80text

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