spellcheck — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of spellchecking.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.

2. A spellchecker.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.

   More examples (1)

   "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!"

Verb

1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.

2. To run a spellchecker on (a document).

   Usage

   • Transitive