Spell Check and Corrections

Turn on spell checking in Craft, set the language globally or per document, and teach the spell checker new words.

Craft checks spelling in dozens of languages. The exact list depends on your operating system. You can set a default language globally in Settings, or change it for specific documents.

Spell check is off until you choose a language. Pick one in Settings, or for a single document, to turn it on.

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Global Spell Check Settings

To set the default spell check language, go to Settings > Language & Spelling, then select your preferred language under Spelling.

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Document-Level Spell Check

To change the spell check language for a specific document, open the Info tab in the right sidebar. Under Spelling, select the language you want to use for that document.

The language applies to the whole document, including its subpages. Other documents keep using your default language.

On Mac and iOS, you can also open these settings from any underlined word: open the spelling popover or menu (see Fixing and Learning Words) and select the Settings icon or Show Spelling Settings.

• Disabled: turns off spell check for this document.
• Reset page spell settings: removes the document’s language and goes back to your default.
• Language list: sets the spell check language for this document.

In the web app, Craft uses your browser’s built-in spell check, and the settings above aren’t available. Spell check isn’t supported in Safari.

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Fixing and Learning Words

When a word is underlined, you can replace it with a suggestion or teach the spell checker that it’s correct. Once learned, the word is no longer underlined.

macOS

Hover your mouse over the underlined word. A popover appears with suggestions and three icons:

• Code: formats the word as inline code.
• Learn Spelling (thumbs-up): adds the word to the dictionary.
• Settings: opens the spelling settings for this document.

Click a suggestion to replace the word.

Right-clicking the word opens the regular block menu, not the spelling options.

iOS

Tap the underlined word. A menu appears with:

• Suggestions: tap one to replace the word.
• Format as Code: formats the word as inline code.
• Learn Spelling: adds the word to the dictionary.
• Show Spelling Settings: opens the spelling settings for this document.

Windows

Right-click the underlined word. Select a suggestion to replace the word, or select Add to Dictionary to learn it.

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Managing Learned Words

On Mac and iOS, Craft uses the system spell checker and does not keep its own dictionary. Learned words are stored in the system dictionary and shared with other apps that use it. On Windows, words you add to the dictionary are stored in Craft only.

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Unlearning a Word

If you accidentally learned a misspelled word, you can remove it.

macOS

Open Terminal and run:

open ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary

This opens the file in TextEdit. Remove the unwanted word (one word per line), save, and restart Craft.

iOS

Tap the word, then tap Unlearn Spelling in the suggestion bar.

If you need to reset all learned words at once, go to the iOS Settings app > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary.

If iCloud Keyboard sync is enabled (Settings > Apple Account > iCloud > Show All > iCloud Drive, then check whether Keyboard is syncing), previously learned words may be restored from iCloud after a reset. Disable iCloud Keyboard sync before resetting the dictionary if you want a clean slate.