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spellcheck en · NOUN

Etymology

Back-formation from spellchecker.

Meanings

  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.
    • "We want to make sure our children know how to spell in English." They will if they learn the Reading Reform way, Mrs. Goldberg told them. "I've been teaching this method for 18 years," she said. And never once used a spelling aid? "Well," she said, "I am a recent user of 'spellcheck.' I thought I might make some typos on the computer and spellcheck would pick that up. So I started using it. Then the other day I found I made a serious error, and it hadn't been picked up. I had come to rely on spellcheck!" 1995 April 9, Diane Ketcham, “About Long Island; ‘If You Can’t Spell You Look Stupid’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015:
    • My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spellchecks Number=Plur lexicographic
spell check alternative lexicographic
spell-check alternative lexicographic

spellcheck en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from spellchecker.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spellchecks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spell-check alternative lexicographic
spellchecked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spellchecked Tense=Past lexicographic
spell check alternative lexicographic
spellchecking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic