spellchecker

noun

spell·​check·​er ˈspel-ˌche-kər 

variants or spell-checker

plural spellcheckers or spell-checkers

: a computer program or function (as in a word processor) that identifies possible misspellings in a block of text by comparing the text with a database of accepted spellings

called also spell-check, spelling checker

Examples of spellchecker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike Hopfield networks that could store patterns and correct errors in patterns – like a spellchecker does – Boltzmann machines could generate new patterns, thereby planting the seeds of the modern generative AI revolution. —Ambuj Tewari, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024

Type it into your word processor and watch your spellchecker erupt in protest. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024

Maybe the spellchecker is trying to tell me something that Terry Francona already suspects — Emmanuel Clase would make a good closer. —cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

spellchecker

noun

spell·​check·​er ˈspel-ˌche-kər 

: a computer program that identifies possible misspellings in a block of text by comparing the text with a database of accepted spellings