This article will get your setup and started with Aspell, the interactive spell checker.
Start spell checking your text files, for free, today!
What IsAspell?
GNU Aspell is an open source and free spell checker which can be installed easily on your Linux system.
Here we use theen_USdictionary to use the US English language.
This may help with avoiding false positives.
For English language abbreviations likeen_USanden_GB, see the installation screenshot above as it highlights the ones installed.
You may also need to install additional packages if you are interested in other languages.
For example,aspell-decan be installed for German support, etc.
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The personal dictionary feature (saved in the.aspell.en.pwsfile in your home directory, i.e.~/.aspell.en.pws) works exceedingly well.
Let’s check our file with spelling errors.
I simply press1to substitute ‘Thiz’ to the proposed ‘This’.
Slightly trickier, but option3is the way to go.
A simple3keypress and we’re onto the next error found.
The first option looks right.
All other words were all1keypresses also.
And, thanks to Aspell, our file now contains a lie:
As all spelling mistakes are fixed!
By pressing a single key per mistake, we were able to fix all errors in this file.
