Siri alternate spelling.

I prefer to have Cathy & Catherine spelled with a “C” not a “K”. How do I tell Seri this?

iPhone X

Posted on Dec 16, 2019 2:50 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2019 1:46 PM

Oh, dictation. I tried Cathy and Catherine on my phone and it spelled Kathy and Catherine. I tried making a keyboard text replacement where when Kathy was typed it changes it to Cathy, but that doesn't seem to work for dictation on my phone. It is worth trying on yours, and this is how: go to Settings>General>Keyboard>Text replacement, and tap the "+" at the top. In the first text field, type the correct spelling. In the second text field, type the incorrect spelling. If this doesn't work for you, there isn't really much to do about it besides "training" the keyboard by typing (not with dictation, with the actual keyboard) the correct spelling several times.


I hope this helps

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Dec 16, 2019 1:46 PM in response to vansr

Oh, dictation. I tried Cathy and Catherine on my phone and it spelled Kathy and Catherine. I tried making a keyboard text replacement where when Kathy was typed it changes it to Cathy, but that doesn't seem to work for dictation on my phone. It is worth trying on yours, and this is how: go to Settings>General>Keyboard>Text replacement, and tap the "+" at the top. In the first text field, type the correct spelling. In the second text field, type the incorrect spelling. If this doesn't work for you, there isn't really much to do about it besides "training" the keyboard by typing (not with dictation, with the actual keyboard) the correct spelling several times.


I hope this helps

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