Every modern browser (Internet program) has a built-in online spell checker. This means that if you make a mistake when printing text, the program itself will detect it and help you correct it.

Not all users know about this function, since for many it is initially disabled.

Correcting printing errors

If spell checking is already enabled and configured in your Internet program, then each word that is typed incorrectly will be underlined with a red wavy line.

This applies wherever you can type a message: on social networks, in mail, on forums and in other places.

How it works. For example, I am typing a comment on some article on the Internet and make a mistake. Typically, within a few seconds of typing (if I keep typing), the browser detects it and underlines the entire word with a red wavy line.

How to fix the error. If a word is marked with a line like this, move the cursor over it and right-click. Correctly spelled words are usually at the top of the list that appears. If any of them apply, click on it. The “problematic” word will automatically be replaced by the one you selected.

How to enable spell checking

To enable the check, you need to type here a word with a known mistake (for example, short) and press the Space key:

If it is underlined with a red wavy line, this means that the check is enabled. Try to fix the error as I showed earlier.

And if the word is not marked, right-click in the text entry field - where you typed the word. In the list, point to the item for adjusting spelling. Usually an additional menu appears from which you need to select a language. We indicate the required one - and the check is turned on.

Features of error checking

In addition to the words where a mistake was actually made, the program also marks those that it simply does not know. Therefore, surnames, specific terms, and colloquial speech will also be emphasized.

On a note . You can check and correct errors not only when typing Russian words, but also some others (English, German, French, etc.). To do this, enable checking for the appropriate language.

This check only works for spelling, without punctuation. That is, missing punctuation marks will not be shown.

But, despite all the “features”, this function still very useful. Even if a person is impeccably literate, he is still not immune from ridiculous typos. And in business correspondence It's better not to allow this to happen.

Not everyone's knowledge of the Russian language is perfect. To correct annoying text errors, use computer assistants. To do this in Microsoft Word, for example, just turn on spell checking in Word.

• For Word 2003: Tools - Options - Spelling - Automatically check spelling (check the box). You can also check your grammar here by checking the box next to “Check grammar automatically.”
• For Word 2007: Office - Word Options - Spelling - select "Automatically check spelling".
• For Word 2010: Review - Spelling - click the "Spelling" button. For installation automatic check spelling do the following: File - Help - Options - click the "Spelling" button. To enable/disable spelling and grammar checking in the current document, go to the "Exceptions for" section and click "Current file name". Uncheck or check the boxes next to "Hide grammatical errors in this document" and "Hide spelling errors in this document." To turn spell checking on or off in all new documents created, under the "Exceptions for" section, select "All new documents" and check or uncheck the boxes next to "Hide grammatical errors in this document" and "Hide spelling errors in this document."

Spelling can be checked online and in the browser. How to enable spell checking is briefly described in our instructions. First of all, you need to open the desired browser.

Mozilla Firefox

Follow the link Dictionaries and localizations. Then go to the browser menu in “Edit” - “Settings” - “Advanced” and click on the “General” tab. Place a cross in the "Check spelling while typing" box.

If it doesn’t help, go to any site and right-click on the comment field, in the window that appears, check the box next to “Spell Check”.

Opera

This browser has automatic spell checking built in. To check it, in the text field you need to right-click and select “Spell Check”. Basically, that's all. Nothing complicated, right? Let's move on to the next web browser.

Google Chrome

Enter "Settings and management" Google Chrome", select "Settings". At the end of the page, click on "Show additional settings". Find "Languages" and click on the "Language and Spell Check Settings..." button. Check the box next to "Enable Spell Check" and click OK.

IE (Internet Explorer)

This browser does not support online spell checking. In this case, use the Speckie plugin, which is downloaded from the developer’s official website. After installation, add Russian in the context menu in the “Dictionaries” section. The program is only supported in versions IE 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Safari

Typically, this browser has spell checking enabled automatically. If not, on the toolbar in the right corner, in the “Menu” section, in the “Edit” - “Spelling and Grammar” section, check the required box and click on the “OK” button.

Firefox automatically checks the spelling of words that you enter in text boxes containing more than one line. As soon as you finish typing a word, it is checked against the words in the installed dictionary. If the word is not found in the dictionary, it will be underlined in red, as in the following example:

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Disabling automatic spell-checking

By default, Firefox is configured to automatically check spelling. You can turn it off in the Options Preferences window:

Note: Some options may not appear in the preferences window in custom builds of Firefox.

Correcting misspelled words

When spell-checking is enabled, you can easily correct misspelled words. To correct the misspelled word, Right-click Hold down the control key while you click on it and select one of the suggested words at the top of the menu.

If none of the suggested words is appropriate, you must manually edit it. If you are sure the word is spelled correctly, you can add it to the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, Right-click Hold down the control key while you click on it, and select Add to Dictionary .

Note: Added words apply to all your dictionaries.

Adding dictionaries

You can install other dictionaries as necessary.

Switching dictionaries

After the dictionary is installed, you can switch to it, as needed. To switch to a different installed dictionary, Right-click Hold down the control key while you click in a multi-line field, select Languages ​​, then select the dictionary you want to use.

Google Chrome has a very convenient tool that helps illiterate or inattentive people avoid making mistakes when writing any texts in this very Google Chrome. Everything works like in Word: incorrectly written words are underlined with a red line. The check is carried out the moment you type text in any form field. This is how the words are emphasized:

But it should be noted that our beloved Google Chrome only checks spelling and does not check spelling.

How to enable spell checking in Google Chrome?

In general, the check is enabled by default for installed language. However, if for some reason you don’t have this, then you need to enable it yourself - it’s very simple.

Option 1: the simplest

In version 45 (possibly earlier), to get to settings Just right-click in any text input field and select the item from the menu: “ Language settings…"- a window with settings will open where you can enable spell checking:

After clicking, you will see the following window, everything is clear there: select the language and enable spell check for it. You can add an additional language if it is not in the list by clicking on the " Add«:

Option 2

If you have old version Google chrome and when you right-click in the text input field, you do not see the “Language settings...” item. Then you can get to this setting in the following steps:

How do I enable spell checking for English?

This is done by simply adding a language and turning on spell checking for it. Those. The check is enabled for two languages ​​at once. In this case, Google determines the language of the word by letter and checks the spelling of this word from the dictionary of the language: English, Russian or another.

Enable Google's interactive suggestions

If a word is underlined, you can quickly correct it by right-clicking on the misspelled word and selecting the appropriate option.

However, there may not be such variants of words for replacement at all or there may not be suitable ones. To expand this list of hints, you need to enable their search.

Pay attention to the checkbox next to " Search Google for clues". When you enable this option, every time you right-click on a misspelled word, a request will be sent to Google and there will be more suggestions for replacing the word...

This is such a short note for a person and huge progress for literacy 👍

Video: How to enable spelling in Google Chrome

Checking the spelling of your text before publishing it on the Internet is quite simple, but many webmasters (and almost all beginners) ignore this feature. But a page on the Internet with minimal spelling errors looks not only more pleasant for the visitor (reader), but also more valid in the eyes of search engines.

Spell checking does not require any knowledge of the language; this process can be automated before publishing: thus, reducing the loss of time for these purposes of the webmaster to a minimum.

Exists different ways automate spell checking of published text on the Internet. We will look at the main ones. Which opportunity is best to use will be decided by the webmaster himself, based on his situation.

Spell checking online spell checking services

You can quickly check your spelling before publishing using numerous online spell checking services. The interface of such services is laconic - you send the text for verification through a special window and receive a list of underlined dubious words. Eat professional services online spell checkers (for heavy and complex texts), but using them is problematic due to the complex interface and rich functionality. If, before publishing on the Internet, you need to check an article or chapter from a future book for errors, then it is easier to do this, for example,

As you can see, everything is quite prosaic and simple: text for spell checking ( maximum length text - up to 100,000 characters) place it in the window, select your language (by the way, the default language is Russian, so you can often leave this option alone) and click the “Check” button. As a result, we get a list of invalid words directly in the text (and in a separate list).

You can entrust spell checking to Yandex. The spell checking service from Yandex is located at: . Its main difference from similar functional services is that it checks text directly on a website. To check spelling, the service requires you to specify the URL of the page on which you want to check spelling. It doesn’t matter whether this page is indexed on the Internet or whether you created it a minute ago!

By specifying the URL and clicking the “Check” button, we will see on the screen the words not read by Yandex, highlighted in yellow.

Spell checking directly by browsers

You can check the spelling of text published on the Internet automatically, using the advanced capabilities of your browser. As a rule, spell checking is needed by webmasters, and not by ordinary users just surfing the web, so such features are not included in browsers by default. But in vain! Everyone has to write comments, participate in chat conversations, forums, etc. If functionality were built in by default to find and correct spelling errors in the text before the text is published on the Internet, the Internet itself would look much more pleasant to look at and hear.

Spell checking in Firefox

Firefox has a spell checker, all you need to do is turn it on and download the languages ​​you want for which you will check spelling errors.

To install a dictionary in Firefox, right-click in the text input field and activate the " Spell check". Next, select " Add dictionaries". On the page that opens, select the dictionary you need, download it and install it.

You also need to enable additional option- write to address bar about:config and change the value layout.spellcheckDefault on 2 (this means turning on spell checking not only in multi-line fields, but also in single-line fields).

Spell checking in Opera

To install a new dictionary in the Opera browser, right-click in the text input field, activate the item (check the box) " Check spelling", and in paragraph " Dictionaries" select " Add/remove dictionaries" to download the necessary languages. In the window that opens, mark the dictionaries you need to download. After downloading, set your default language for spell checking (in the same place in " Dictionaries").

Spell checking in Internet Explorer

Spell checking can also be implemented in Internet Explorer. I'm not sure that you will use my recommendations (they usually joke that Internet Explorer is built into Windows only to download another browser), but nevertheless, it may come in handy.

Install in Internet Explorer. Click on the wrench icon (in the Google toolbar) and on the " Tools"check the box next to the item" Spell check". Click " Save". In the drop-down menu buttons " Examination" select the desired language. To check the spelling in the text input field, click the button " Examination".

These are actually my recommendations on the question “how to check a site for spelling errors.” Using them in everyday Internet life, you make the Internet cleaner and your website more understandable to the user! Descendants will thank you! :)

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