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Meaning of "spellchecker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPELLCHECKER

spellchecker  [ˈspɛlˌtʃɛkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPELLCHECKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spellchecker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPELLCHECKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spell checker

In computing, a spell checker is an application program that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly. Spell checkers may be stand-alone, capable of operating on a block of text, or as part of a larger application, such as a word processor, email client, electronic dictionary, or search engine. Eye have a spelling chequer, It came with my Pea Sea. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss Steaks I can knot sea. Eye strike the quays and type a whirred And weight four it two say Weather eye am write oar wrong It tells me straight a weigh. Eye ran this poem threw it, Your shore real glad two no. Its vary polished in its weigh. My chequer tolled me sew. A chequer is a bless thing, It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right all stiles of righting, And aides me when eye rime. Each frays come posed up on my screen Eye trussed too bee a joule. The chequer pours o'er every word Two cheque sum spelling rule. The original version of this poem was written by Jerrold H. Zar in 1992. An unsophisticated spell checker will find little or no fault with this poem because it checks words in isolation.

Definition of spellchecker in the English dictionary

The definition of spellchecker in the dictionary is a program that highlights any word in a word-processed document that is not recognized as being correctly spelt.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPELLCHECKER


Becker
ˈbɛkə
checker
ˈtʃɛkə
chequer
ˈtʃɛkə
Decker
ˈdɛkə
Dekker
ˈdɛkə
ekka
ˈɛkə
exchequer
ɪksˈtʃɛkə
Flecker
ˈflɛkə
forechecker
ˈfɔːˌtʃɛkə
lekker
ˈlɛkə
Mecca
ˈmɛkə
Mekka
ˈmɛkə
Necker
ˈnɛkə
pecker
ˈpɛkə
Rebecca
rɪˈbɛkə
Rijeka
rɪˈɛkə
trekker
ˈtrɛkə
Voortrekker
ˈfʊəˌtrɛkə
woodpecker
ˈwʊdˌpɛkə
wrecker
ˈrɛkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPELLCHECKER

spell
spell a paddock
spell out
spellable
spellbind
spellbinder
spellbinding
spellbindingly
spellbound
spellcheck
spelldown
speller
spellful
spellican
spelling
spelling bee
spelling book
spelling checker
spelling error
spelling mistake

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPELLCHECKER

barred woodpecker
black woodpecker
double-decker
flower-pecker
grammar checker
greater spotted woodpecker
green woodpecker
hacker
Honecker
lesser spotted woodpecker
nutpecker
oxpecker
quarterdecker
Quebecker
rubbernecker
single-decker
spelling checker
sticker
three-decker
tracker

Synonyms and antonyms of spellchecker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spellchecker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPELLCHECKER

Find out the translation of spellchecker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spellchecker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spellchecker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拼写检查器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corrector ortográfico
570 millions of speakers

English

spellchecker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spellchecker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُصَحِحُ الْتَهْجِئَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

программа проверки орфографии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corretor ortográfico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বানান পরীক্ষক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

correcteur d’orthographe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyiasat spellchecker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rechtschreibprüfung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スペルチェッカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철자검사 프로그램
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spellchecker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phần mềm kiểm tra lỗi chính tả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிழைத்திருத்தியின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दलेखन तपासक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yazım denetleyicisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controllo ortografico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

funkcja sprawdzania pisowni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

програма перевірки правопису
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

program corector
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόγραμμα ελέγχου ορθογραφίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speltoetser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stavningskontroll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stavekontroll
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spellchecker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPELLCHECKER»

The term «spellchecker» is regularly used and occupies the 102.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of spellchecker
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «spellchecker».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPELLCHECKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spellchecker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spellchecker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spellchecker

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPELLCHECKER»

Discover the use of spellchecker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spellchecker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker
Stedman's Plus Version 2012 Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker contains nearly 500,000 medical, pharmaceutical, and bioscience terms to ensure users the most current, comprehensive, and reliable content on the market.
STEDMAN'S, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2012
2
Apache Solr 3.1 Cookbook
The spellchecker component configuration is something we should look at a bit closer. It starts with the name of the component (the name attribute which, in our case, is spellcheck). Then we have the class attribute which specifies theclass that ...
Rafal Kuc, 2011
3
The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook
SpellChecker spellChecker; string strDictionaryPath= Request . PhysicalApplicationPath + "dictionary. txt" ; spellChecker=new WritersTools . SpellChecker (strDictionaryPath) ; if (spellChecker. CheckSpelling( txtWordToCheck.
Alan Gordon, 2003
4
Professional Eclipse 3 for Java Developers
SpellChecker.Java.JavaPropertiesWordTokenizerfUnderhhnu;enkm Java - Propert ies Spel l Checker. Also, under Preferences, press the little button at the right-hand side and create a new java class called JavaPropert iesPreferences in the ...
Berthold Daum, 2006
5
English 5–11: A guide for teachers
ACTIVITY: USING A SPELLCHECKER I To what extent do you use the spellchecker when word processing? I Do you think that using a spellchecker has had a positive or a negative effect on your ability to spell words accurately? Give reasons ...
David Waugh, Wendy Jolliffe, 2013
6
The Metamorphosis and Other Tales
was no tire underlining, so D. tried tyrelessly just to infuriate the Red Spellchecker and damn well show him who was the Spelling Boss around here, but the Red Spellchecker immediately sprang into action, and underlined the word in red.
Aida Dahlvrlegg, 2009
7
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 - Illustrated Introductory
Which statement about the PowerPoint spellchecker is true? a. PowerPoint only identifies spelling errors when you run the spellchecker. b. The spellchecker catches grammar problems. c. The spellchecker identifies misspelled and unknown ...
David Beskeen, 2007
8
Trellix Web: Web Site Creation Kit
The spellchecker changes the spelling of the word to that of the suggestion you accepted. Change To If you don't like any of the suggestions but you know how the word should be spelled, you can type it here and click Change. Ignore If the ...
Corbin Collins, 2001
9
Popular Science
Even if you omit letters... add or transpose letters ... spell a word phonetically, our new SpellChecker solves the mystery in minutes. Includes games such as Hangman and Scrabble. Or use your new SpellChecker to help solve your favorite ...
10
Communication for Work
Carol Carysforth. Unit 8 In the Spotlight: The Informal Report 132 Spellchecker 7; The Good Grammar Guide: Polishing your sentences; Tools of the Trade: Reading for a purpose; Making Headway: Circular letters and tear- off slips; Wordbank ...
Carol Carysforth, 1998

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPELLCHECKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spellchecker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DNA Spellchecker Closely Reads Some Genomic Passages, Skims …
The DNA mismatch repair mechanism, a molecular spellchecker of sorts, devotes more attention to some portions of the genome than others. So, what makes for ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Feb 15»
2
Public Release: 23-Feb-2015 'DNA spellchecker' means that our …
This variation was generated by a particular DNA repair mechanism called "mismatch repair" - a sort of a spellchecker that helps fix the errors in the genome ... «EurekAlert, Feb 15»
3
Godless Spellchecker: Atheist tweeter suspended for 'abuse' has …
The Godless Spellchecker account has been repeatedly suspended from Twitter for what was described as the “targeted abuse or harassment” of other users. «The Independent, Jan 15»
4
Spellcheck generation 'failing to write simple words'
Spellcheckers can be useful but may not provide all the support a child needs to distinguish confusables such as their/there and cloths/clothes. “These findings ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»
5
Species spellchecker fixes plant glitches
Brian Enquist and his collaborators were delighted with their freshly compiled data set of 22.5 million records on the distribution and traits of plants in the ... «Nature.com, Jun 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spellchecker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spellchecker>. Apr 2024 ».
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