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Checking if a word is spelled correctly is easy. It is providing high-quality suggestions that is hard.
by chilipepperhott 1y ago
Checking if a word is spelled correctly is easy. It is providing high-quality suggestions that is hard.
- DJBunnies 1y agoHaving written a spellcheck, maybe 20 years ago for school, this is accurate.
- Finnucane 1y agoAs a copyeditor/proofreader, the number of times over the years I've had to fix the low-quality (i.e, wrong) suggestions is quite large. ("he had a small plague on his desk" remains a favorite.)
- KineticLensman 1y agoOne of my favourites was 'rouge elephant'.
- cratermoon 1y agoI have a spelling checker It came with my PC It highlights for my review Mistakes I cannot sea. I ran this poem thru it I'm sure your pleased to no Its letter perfect in it's weigh My checker told me sew. https://www.thoughtco.com/spell-checker-poem-by-mark-eckman-1692348 https://www.thoughtco.com/spell-checker-poem-by-mark-eckman-...
- aidenn0 1y ago"He looked in the [car's] grove department" is still my favorite.
- bluGill 1y agoEven that is hard since there are many words where a mispelling is a valid different word.