When i type 'The' on my iphone it corrects to 'Theresa'

I have reset my keyboard dictionary. I have set up a text replacement to convert Theresa to The. I cannot figure out how to make it stop autocorrecting.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Feb 1, 2024 12:52 PM

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Posted on Apr 19, 2024 11:59 AM

This was happening to me too. My sister's name is Theresa so I used it a good bit but this situation was making me nuts. I finally went in and looked at settings.


Go to General

Keyboard

Text Replacement

Then add"The" in both the shortcut column and in the replacement column.


Now it will type The every time. I have a feeling I may be having to correct Theresa. I haven't tried that yet, but I use "The" a lot more so I'm happy with it


I didn't want to turn auto correct completely off since I usually find it very helpful

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Nov 7, 2024 8:41 AM in response to ianfromfrederick

Does anyone understand the idiosyncrasy of this?


For me, every "and" was changed to Anna or Andy. I reset the Apple dictionary and "and" became "Abe" or "Andrew." I put a shortcut for those, and then "and" became "And." A shortcut for that didn't help, nor did turning off auto-capitalization. Turned off the Apple dictionary entirely, and now "and" becomes "ands," every time.


Nothing I do will make a n d stay "and."

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