Spellcheck

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of spellchecking. countable, uncountable

    "You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter."

  2. 2
    A spellchecker. countable, uncountable

    "My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it."

Verb
  1. 1
    To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
  2. 2
    To run a spellchecker on (a document). transitive

Synonyms

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spell checker

Example

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"You can't learn how to spell if you use spellcheck."

Etymology

Back-formation from spellchecker.

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