spelling checker

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   an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words

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Questions about spelling checker

What does spelling checker mean?

spelling checker means "an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words".

What is another word for spelling checker?

Close synonyms include spell-checker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spelling checker a common word?

spelling checker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.