Questions tagged [spell-checking]
Flagging words in a document that may not be spelled correctly.
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Disable Spell check on VS 2022 for a specific file location?
I'm getting thousands of spelling errors for a decompiled bit of code in AppData... not even code in my actual source code... Does anyone know how to exclude the spell checker spamming me like crazy?
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Is there a spell checker for VS Code for the OLD (1901) German spelling rules?
In general, I know how to enable spell checking in VS Code for different languages. However, I was not able so far to find a spell checker for the old German spelling rules (sometimes called 1901 ...
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Disable ReactJS submit button if text area has spelling errors
I am using ReactJS and created a form. I want to disable the send button if the text area in the form has spelling errors.
Spell check that I tried just underlines the spelling errors but it does not ...
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Change color of spelling mistake squiggles in Visual Studio?
As the title says.
The longer version: In my solution I have an .editorconfig file which configures spell-checking and I have enabled the spell checker. Spelling mistakes are underlined with blue ...
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Netbeans 21 and .mjs- filetype
I just installed Netbeans V21 and saw that .mjs- files are not recognized by the spellchecker, even after importing the setup from V20.
Then I opened Tools/ Options/ Miscellaneous/ Files and set "...
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Can the ReSharper spell checker detect written out umlauts?
When I use German words for my variable names and these include umlauts or special characters, I write those out so the names are completely written in the normal latin alphabet. ReShaper marks those ...
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Does Bing Spell Check API perform spell checks for Asian languages?
When using Bing's Spell Check API I find that there are no results provided for certain Asian languages. Using a string that I verified as incorrect from a native speaker, I would expect that with the ...
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Given the length of a word, how many character-level errors should we permit?
Using edit distance metrics, e.g. the Levenshtein-Damerau edit distance, words can easily be flagged as misspellings of other words.
However, the edit distance that constitutes a misspelling will ...
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Visual Studio Spell Checker partial words not properly ignored due to capitalisation
I'm writing database code for EF and in the comments, I'm describing PostgreSQL vs SQL. Unfortunately the Visual Studio Spell Checker is treating "Postgre" as a separate word and causing an ...
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How to programmatically spellcheck a word using Microsoft Office dictionary for specified language?
As the title says, I have a list of words which I want to check programmatically using Microsoft Office dictionaries. The second input is the language code (hard-coded in the example for testing)
The ...
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Integrating Grammar/Spellcheck Tool in ASP.NET Application for Textarea
I'm currently working on an ASP.NET MVC application and aiming to enhance the user experience by integrating a grammar or spellcheck tool into a textarea. I noticed that Grammarly, as well as QuillBot,...
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Creating a Spell Check Feature with Underline and Popup in Textarea with pure HTML, CSS, JS
I want to create a textarea with a spell check feature similar to Grammarly. When a misspelled word is typed, it should be underlined. Clicking on the underline should trigger a popup like this.
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BJSpell and contenteditable div - Trying to position the error marks
I'm creating a basic spellchecker that uses the BJSpell.js library.
I've found I cannot reliably update the contenteditable div directly without losing focus / resetting the caret to the beginning. I'...
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How to check if a few letters are part of a real word in python
I'm making a boggle checker, where you input the 16 letters given in the boggle game, and the python program gives you all the possible words.
The algorithm I am using is that it goes to the first ...
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How to deal with double letters in Wagner-Fischer spellchecking
I tested my Wagner-Fischer distance calculator by putting in baana - one letter from banana. I got banana with 1 distance, but also cats with 3, which makes no sense, as it is 4. I have looked at the ...
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