Benefits of Using a Spell Checker

Choosing the Right Spell Checker for You

If you are a professional who has to write documents for a niche field of study then it is better to use spell checkers with technical dictionaries installed from the relevant field. Common document editing softwares do not have such technical dictionaries installed so your mistakes might go unnoticed if you use a niche word. Spell checkers for professionals are made to detect these mistakes. 

If your work requires you to use a lot of colloquial words or foreign language words, then it is better to install a spell checker that includes a dictionary of that language as well. 

Make sure that the spell checker you choose works in your operating software or internet browser. 

Limitations of Spell Checkers

There are certain mistakes that a spell checker cannot pick up: 

1. The wrong name: For example, Julie can be spelled Julee and the spell checker will not detect. 
2. Repetition of sentence structure: This can only be detected by a line editor or proofreader.
3. Compound words: A spell checker might not see the problem when the word ‘bedroom’ is spelled like ‘bed room’. Similarly, hyphenated words are also not a part of the dictionaries in a spell checker.