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
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Unlike Hopfield networks that could store patterns and correct errors in patterns – like a spellchecker does – Boltzmann machines could generate new patterns, thereby planting the seeds of the modern generative AI revolution.
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Ambuj Tewari, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Type it into your word processor and watch your spellchecker erupt in protest.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024
Maybe the spellchecker is trying to tell me something that Terry Francona already suspects — Emmanuel Clase would make a good closer.
—cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021
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Ambuj Tewari, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Type it into your word processor and watch your spellchecker erupt in protest.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024
Maybe the spellchecker is trying to tell me something that Terry Francona already suspects — Emmanuel Clase would make a good closer.
—cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021
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“Spellchecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spellchecker. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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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
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