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spell checker

–noun
a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
Also called spelling checker.


Origin:
1980–85
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spell checker or spell·check·er   (spěl'chěk'ər)
n.  An application within most word processing programs that checks for spelling errors in documents.
spell check v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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