GNU Aspell GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker Its main feature is that it does a superior job of suggesting possible replacements for a misspelled word than just about any other spell checker out there for the English language
GNU Aspell 0. 50 (Win32 version) Binaries: Installation: Download and run the full installer exe file Latest Version: GNU Aspell-0 50 3 (win32) Full installer (Released Dec 22, 2002) Precompiled dictionaries: Installation: Install Aspell first, then run the wordlist setup Note to unix users: On systems using the x86 byte order, you can these dictionaries as well: Extract the exe files with unzip and run the "unix-install
GNU Aspell 0. 60. 8. 2: Installing Aspell 0 60 8 2 spell checker user’s manual Aspell requires gcc 2 95 (or better) as the C++ compiler Other C++ compilers should work with some effort Other C++ compilers for mostly POSIX compliant (Unix, Linux, BeOS, Cygwin) systems should work without any major problems provided that the compile can handle all of the advanced C++ features Aspell uses C++ compilers for non-Unix systems
GNU Aspell - English Speller Database The English Speller Database, also known as SCOWLv2 (temporary name, see #465), is a SQLite database (scowl db) and human-readable text file (scowl txt) of basic information on English words The text file can be converted to and from the SQLite database via the libscowl Python module The database contains information on how common a word is, differences in spelling between the different
GNU Aspell 0. 60. 8. 2: WIN32 Notes To compile Aspell with the MinGW compiler, you will need at least GCC-3 2 (as shipped with MinGW-2 0 3) and some GNU tools like rm and cp The origin of those tools doesn’t matter, it has shown to work with any tools from MinGW MSys, Cygwin or Linux To build Aspell, move into the win32 subdirectory and type ‘ make ’
12Dicts Package - GNU Aspell 12Dicts Package 12dicts is a collection of English word lists by Alan Beale It differs in several important ways from most of the other free word lists you can download The 12dicts lists are oriented towards common words If you’re looking for myriads of archaic, scientific or computer jargon words, you should look elsewhere The 12dicts lists have been rigorously checked for errors (This
English Speller Dictionaries - GNU Aspell English Speller Dictionaries SCOWL is the basis for the official English dictionary in Aspell and the en_US, en_CA and en_AU dictionaries in Hunspell Dictionaries for British English are also available for Hunspell Hunspell Dictionaries The latest release is: 2026 02 25 (readme) American: en_US, en_US-large Canadian: en_CA, en_CA-large Australian: en_AU, en_AU-large The default dictionaries
2. Getting Started - GNU Aspell Building Aspell using MinGW: To compile Aspell with the MinGW compiler, you will need at least GCC-3 2 (as shipped with MinGW-2 0 3) and some GNU tools like rm and cp
Release 4 of the 12dicts word lists - GNU Aspell Release 4 of the 12dicts word lists 12dicts is a collection of English word lists It differs in several important ways from most of the other free word lists you can download The 12dicts lists are oriented towards common words If you're looking for myriads of archaic, scientific or computer jargon words, you should look elsewhere The 12dicts lists have been rigorously checked for errors