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spellcheck

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Back-formation from spellchecker.

noun spellchecks · spell check · spell-check

  1. countable, uncountable The act of spellchecking. You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.
  2. countable, uncountable A spellchecker. My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.

verb spellchecks · spellchecking · spellchecked · spell check · spell-check

  1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
  2. transitive To run a spellchecker on (a document).

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"spellcheck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spellcheck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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spellcheck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spellcheck

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"spellcheck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spellcheck.

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@misc{spellcheck_2026,
  title = {spellcheck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spellcheck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}