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Definition: Spelling Checker |
Spelling CheckerNoun1. An electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A program that checks the spelling of words. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Spelling CheckerSynonym: spell-checker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spelling Checker |
| Specialty definitions using "spelling checker": duplicate word. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spelling checker | 31 |
online spelling checker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spelling checker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | staveprogram (speller, speller program), stavekontrol (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spellingscontroleprogramma (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oikolukuohjelma (speller, speller program), oikeinkirjoituksen tarkistusohjelma (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vérificateur orthographique (spellchecker), correcteur orthographique (spellchecker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rechtschreibprüfung (spell verification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελεγκτής ορθογραφίας (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | programma di controllo ortografico (speller, speller program), correttore ortografico (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellingspay eckerchay programa de verificação ortográfica (speller, speller program). (various references) орфографический корректор. (various references) corrector ortográfico (speller). (various references) stavningskontrollprogram (speller, speller program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-g-h-i-k-l-l-n-p-r-s" | |
-4 letters: prechecking. | |
-5 letters: checkering, checkreins, prehensile, prescience, preselling, rechecking, respelling, screeching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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