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May 07, 2007

Online Spanish Spell Checkers

In this post I am going to discuss three online Spanish spell checkers. Then two alternatives to online Spanish spell checkers are given at the end of this post. The first alternative is Spanish spell check software. The second alternative is an electronic dictionary with Spanish spell checking functionanlity.

Online Spanish Spell Checker
Spanish Spell Checker Software
Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary

1. Online Spanish Spell Checker

http://orangoo.com/spell/
http://www.lenguaje.com/english/tools/spellchecker.php
http://www.thesolutioncafe.com/public-spell-checker.html

Among these three Spanish spell checkers, I like the first one (http://orangoo.com/spell/) the most, for the following reasons: 1. The spelling dictionary is relatively large and it has the ability to recognize sticking Spanish words (such as: "permítame" = "permíta me"); 2. You can scroll up and down to see your overall spell checking progress; 3. It is working fine under both Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The second spell checker (http://www.lenguaje.com/english/tools/spellchecker.php) is also good. the spelling dictionary is also large and the checker works under Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. However, you won't be able to scroll up and down to see your overall spell checking progress once it enters the spell checking mode.

The last spell check (http://www.thesolutioncafe.com/public-spell-checker.html) is not working properly under Firefox. The spell dictionary is also small. For example, it can not recognize "permítame" and other similar sticking Spanish words.

2. Spanish Spell Checker Software

Secondly, you can buy a piece of Spanish Spell Checker software like Escribien Spanish Spell Checker.

Escribien Spanish Spell Checker

Product Features

Spell check Spanish
Add accented characters without special keyboards
Catches missing accent marks - Customizable spell check dictionary

Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

EscribiéMax, October 21, 2003

By	Dan Durfee (L.A. Calif.)

This software is easy to install and use. It's a must have for anyone, students and professionals, who write in Spanish.

I easily add Spanish characters right from my keyboard, and I can edit or format documents in Spanish or English.

I highly recommend Escribié

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

If you create Spanish documents, or bilingual documents, June 13, 2005

By	Leon Kadoch

A complete word processor that makes it very easy to type in Spanish & English, and spell check BOTH in the same document. Also makes it easy to type ALL of the Spanish characters on screen, without using a special keyboard or making annoying changes to Windows. Saves documents in RTF format (easily opened with MS WORD). Will save you a ton of time if you write in Spanish on your computer.

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Spellink Spanish Spell Checker

Description

The most powerful and comprehensive spell-checking software for ANY Windows applications.

ORFO - SPELLINK Spanish supports English and Spanish languages.

New in ORFO - SPELLINK:

Windows Vista and MS Office 2007 applications support
Spelling check in browsers MS Internet Explorer 6.x, Mozilla FireFox 2.x, Opera 9.x
Improved spelling checker (lower or upper case, writing with a hyphen, words with apostrophe)
A quicker algorithm of getting suggestions
User dictionary in Unicode support
New up-to-date design

Overview

This software exceeds the power of widely available spell-checkers by its new unsurpassed capabilities and choice of languages. It comes with a comprehensive 300,000 words American English Dictionary, including most current terms related to various technical, business, medical, humanities and scientific domains.

Features:

Spell-check text in any application installed in your system.
Integrate directly into existing spell-checkers in most applications such as MS Word 97/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS FrontPage 2000/XP/2003, MS Publisher XP/2003/2007, MS Works 4.x, MS Access 97/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS Excel 97/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS PowerPoint 97/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS InfoPath 2003/2007, MS Outlook 97/98/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS Outlook Express 5.x/6.x, MS Internet Explorer 6.x, Mozilla FireFox 2.x, Opera 9.x Lotus WordPro 97/2000, Corel WordPerfect 8.0/9.0, Adobe PageMaker 6.x/7.0, QuarkXPress 4.x/5.x.
Add new words in all forms in accordance with the morphological rules of the supported languages.
Check the spelling in Windows applications without the spell-checking function in Standalone Speller and via the hotkeys.
Change language on-the-fly while checking spelling in a multilingual document.
English language spelling module includes additional specialized dictionaries, such as Business, Science, Humanities, Medical and Technical.
Spanish language spelling module includes additional specialized dictionary of of Medical Terms.

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3. Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary

Finally, you can buy a handheld electronic dictionary that has a Spanish Spell Checker function, like the Royal SED PRO English-Spanish Dictionary and Spell Checker