spell checker

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noun
  1. a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.

Origin of spell checker

1
First recorded in 1980–85
  • Also called spelling checker.

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British Dictionary definitions for spellchecker

spellchecker

/ (ˈspɛlˌtʃɛkə) /


noun
  1. computing a program that highlights any word in a word-processed document that is not recognized as being correctly spelt

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