Spell Check

Spell Check

Misspelled words are underlined with a red squiggle as you write, under exactly the word at fault.

Fixing a word

Right-click the underlined word. The menu opens with that word's suggestions at the top — pick one and it replaces the word. Below them are Add to Dictionary and the usual clipboard commands.

The menu is rebuilt every time you open it, so it always reflects the word actually under the pointer, not wherever your cursor happens to be.

A word may have no suggestions. The speller offers what it has.

Add to Dictionary

Add to Dictionary accepts the word permanently. It stops being marked, and it stays accepted across restarts — your dictionary is saved. A word you have accepted is never marked again, whatever the system speller thinks of it.

This is what to use for product names, surnames, jargon and project terms.

What it does and does not check

• Identifiers are split. camelCaseIdentifier is checked as camel, Case and Identifier rather than being flagged whole.
• Code is skipped. Inline code spans and code blocks are not spell-checked — a variable name is not prose.
• Punctuation is handled, so a word is not flagged for the comma stuck to it.

If nothing is underlined

Spell check uses the speller Windows has installed for your language. If none is available, the editor treats every word as correctly spelled and shows nothing, rather than failing or flagging your whole document. Installing a language pack for your language in Windows Settings turns it on.

The marks themselves are presentation only — they never change your document.

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