spellchecker

noun

spell·​check·​er ˈspel-ˌche-kər 

variants or spell-checker

plural spellcheckers or spell-checkers

: a computer program or function (as in a word processor) that identifies possible misspellings in a block of text by comparing the text with a database of accepted spellings

called also spell-check, spelling checker

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

spellchecker

noun

spell·​check·​er ˈspel-ˌche-kər 

: a computer program that identifies possible misspellings in a block of text by comparing the text with a database of accepted spellings