Autocorrect turning common words like, ‘and’ to all kinds of first names starting same first letter.

This has been infuriating me! I’ve tried resetting the keyboard dictionary and selecting ‘and’ from the suggestions, but 80% of the time, it changes ‘and’ to ‘Ana,’ ‘Andrew,’ ‘Anna,’ etc. it changed ‘just’ to ‘Jerus’ or ‘Jeremy.’ I’ve never typed those names, but it keep’s autocorrecting things like conjunctions and other high-frequency words to names. I thought about using text replacement for all ‘a’ first names, but that one time a month I might actually want to type a name, it won’t work. I’m surprised it didn’t change ‘but’ to ‘Beatrice.’


It also used to change ‘for’ to ‘f-i-r’ (without the hyphens) 100% of the time, and text replacement works because I literally never use that word. Whoever coded that must really like coniferous trees!

iPhone SE, iOS 11

Posted on Oct 25, 2023 3:00 PM

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Oct 26, 2023 11:57 AM in response to djchiclet

Hi djchiclet,


Since you know the word that is misspelled, type it in and then tap the "x" in the correction box to cancel the adjustment before it is rendered. The iPhone will learn the correct spelling, but you'll have to repeat the process a few times before it stops correcting the phrase. If you accidentally accepted an incorrect word change by mistake, the previously typed word will reappear in a bubble. If you tap it, the shift will be undone, which is another way to help your iPhone learn how to spell those words correctly.


You can also reset the keyboard dictionary. If you're having trouble with a large number of terms besides the one you mentioned, this could be the quickest way to fix them all at once. Only the words you've modified are removed when you reset the keyboard dictionary. On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Keyboard Dictionary or by following the steps next to the bullet point "Reset Keyboard Dictionary" in Return iPhone settings to their defaults.


Cheers.

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