I know the spelling is *close* to correct but spell check has no idea
By vivasuzi
@vivasuzi (4127)
United States
January 8, 2010 11:29am CST
Do you ever have problems with spell check when you are pretty close to spelling a word right, but the spell check has no suggestions? It's not always that I'm a bad speller, sometimes I just have a brain lapse and forget the simplest words. But when spell check can't even figure it out it gets annoying.
Example: Today I was writing something and had the word privilege in it. Ok so I had a brain lapse and was thinking it was privlage based on the way many people pronounce it. My google browser underlines it as wrong, but when I right click on it Google dictionary has no suggestions for me. I would think this word is pretty close to the original... or at least close enough that the dictionary would figure it out.
The weirdest part of the situations is that if I search google right now for privlage, it says "Did you mean: privilege " So google itself can figure it out, but the dictionary attached to my google browser can't. Weird! Another Example: I accidentally missed spelled accidentally as accidently and again my browser dictionary has no suggestions.
Anyway, does it ever frustrate you when you spell a word wrong and you know it is really close, but you can't seem to get it spelled right? What do you do when you can't seem to get a word spelled right and have no suggestions? Searching the term in google has worked for me in most cases, but I wish the dictionary on computer applications was smarter.
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@megamatt (14290)
• United States
8 Jan 10
Oh, I know the feeling. Sometimes it can be a pretty bad mangling for me of a word, which leaves the spell checker with no suggestions. Other times, its a word where I know its close. There are just no suggestions offered. Pretty frustrating if you ask me. Those moments I take a deep breath and take a step back. Walk around the room for a bit and then come back with a clear mind. Hopefully by them I can figure out everything.
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