spellcheck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of spellchecking.
  2. A spellchecker.
verb
  1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
  2. To run a spellchecker on (a document).

Word forms

spellcheck spellchecks spell check spell-check spellchecking spellchecked

Etymology

Back-formation from spellchecker.

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