spellcheck

The act of spellchecking.

Noun

  1. The act of spellchecking.
    • You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.
  2. A spellchecker.
    • My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.
    • "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...

Origin

Back-formation from spellchecker.

Forms

spellchecks spell check spell-check

Verb

  1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
  2. To run a spellchecker on (a document).

Forms

spellchecks spellchecking spellchecked spell check spell-check