aspell

Interactive spell checker

TLDR

Check a file

$ aspell check [file.txt]

Check with specific language

$ aspell --lang=[es] check [file.txt]

List available dictionaries

$ aspell dicts

Check from stdin

$ echo "speling errror" | aspell list

Check a TeX/LaTeX file (ignoring TeX commands)

$ aspell --mode=tex check [file.tex]

Create personal dictionary

$ aspell --lang=[en] create master [./custom.rws] < [wordlist.txt]

aspell is a spell checker designed to replace ispell. It can check individual files, work as a pipe filter, or provide a C library interface for other programs.The tool supports multiple languages, personal dictionaries, and has better suggestion algorithms than older spell checkers.

PARAMETERS

check file

Interactively check file

list

List misspelled words from stdin

pipe

Output misspelled words with position info (used by editors)

-c file

Same as check (GNU ispell compatibility)

--lang=code

Language code (en, es, fr, etc.)

--mode=mode

Parsing mode (tex, html, markdown, etc.)

--encoding=enc

File encoding

--add-extra-dicts=list

Additional dictionaries

--personal=file

Personal dictionary file

--ignore=n

Ignore words ≤ n characters

--ignore-case

Case insensitive checking

dicts

List available dictionaries

dump mode

Dump dictionary information

CONFIGURATION

/etc/aspell.conf

System-wide configuration for default language, dictionary paths, and options.

~/.aspell.conf

Per-user configuration overriding system defaults.

INSTALL

sudo apt install aspell

sudo dnf install aspell

sudo pacman -S aspell

sudo apk add aspell

sudo zypper install aspell

brew install aspell

nix profile install nixpkgs#aspell

CAVEATS

Language dictionaries must be installed separately. Personal dictionary format differs from ispell. Some applications use hunspell instead.

HISTORY

aspell was created by Kevin Atkinson and first released in 2001 as an improvement over ispell, featuring better suggestion algorithms and Unicode support.