How to adjust spell-checker settings in Google Chrome

Posted by Andrew.

In computing, a spell checker (or spell check) is an application program that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly. Spell checkers may be stand-alone capable of operating on a block of text, or as part of a larger application, such as a word processor, email client, electronic dictionary, or search engine.

Google Chrome has a built-in spell-checker to automatically check what you're typing into web forms and text fields. This feature is enabled by default. To adjust Spell checker settings, please do following steps:

1. Click the Tools menu, then select Options.
2. Click the Under the Hood tab, then click Change font and language settings button.
3. Click the Languages tab.
• Select the "Check spelling" checkbox if you want Google Chrome to automatically check your spelling.
• Select the language you want to use in the "Spell-checker language" drop-down menu. The default Spell-checker language is English.

Add a new word to the dictionary

You can right click the word in the text field, then select Add to dictionary.

Note: The current version of Chrome doesn't support for removing a word from the dictionary.

Other resource about Google Chrome and spell checker

• Chrome blog: Spell Check Dictionary Improvements
• Wikipedia: Spell Checker
• Free Online Spell Checker

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