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iOS 18 Autocorrect is Totally Unusable

I've been an iPhone user for 15 years and I've never had issues with the autocorrect like I've had since upgrading to iOS 18. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's been completely debilitating. I've literally had to resort to dictation because typing a simple message can take me 10 minutes.


Every word I type ending with 's' gets autocorrected wrong. For instance, "jobs" gets changed to "job a." Literally EVERY SINGLE word ending with 's' gets appended with an 'a' for no reason.


I used to type contractions without the apostrophe because I could always count on iOS to add it for me. Now it just changes "whats" to "what a", "wheres" to "where a", "whens" to "when a", etc. And sometimes it's even worse where things like "didnt" somehow become "did my."


Words that aren't incorrect are changed to ones that are:

"our" to "out"

"come" to "coke"

"some" to "dime"

"guy" to "but"

"wise" to "word"

"quicker" to "quick we"

"stronger" to "step get"


And other total chaos:

"ask" to "as k"

"about" to "a out"

"these" to "the we"

"into" to "i to"

"hello" to "**** i"

"today" to "to day"

"maybe" to "may be"

"anyway" to "any way"

"called" to "call ed"


And these are only a handful of examples I've noticed in the last half hour or so.


PLEASE APPLE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX THIS!!!

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 23, 2024 10:52 AM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2024 8:07 PM

OMG. Im having the same issue is I same. For the same of leaving this comment, I left all the autocorrect my I phone for so they know what Im talking about. Please for this and soon a a possible.


OMG. I’m having the same issue. For the sake of leaving this comment, I left all the autocorrect my iPhone did for me so they know what I’m talking about. Please fix this as soon as possible.


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Dec 5, 2024 9:42 PM in response to wwjbd

The SAME EXACT THING has been happening to me too since I updated to iOS 18, it’s so frustrating!!!!!😩🙄😭. Luckily, I’m used to using dictation anyways bc it’s easier/faster to type especially with AutoCorrect being messed up.

But yeah, I’m literally experiencing the same exact thing and it’s so annoying.


DOES ANYONE HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS?

While I am used to using dictation anyways, it is just so annoying & it’s just not feasible/practical to use Dictation every single time I want to send a message or type anything on my phone. I might have to get some type of physical keyboard that I could plug into my phone to use that instead LOL

like I LITERALLY CANNOT TYPE, it makes no sense & it wasn’t like this before until I updated my phone to iOS 18 asmy. Does anyone have a solution for this?

iOS 18 Autocorrect is Totally Unusable

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