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iPhone autocorrect (british)

Greetings, Apple discussions.

I am a canadian iPhone user.

I have my language set to British English

So why, please tell me why, does my iPhone "autocorrect" favourite back to the american "favorite" when I type with autocorrect on?

(same goes for armour - armor, capitalise - capitalize.. etc. this is getting really annoying)

iPhone 4, iOS 4, 16 GB

Posted on Jan 30, 2011 6:45 PM

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Mar 22, 2012 12:17 PM in response to Jay's Account

Being a Brit living in Spain I need at least 2 keyboards on the go (usually between 3 and 5).

I had this problem with US English too until I realised it has nothing to do with keyboard selection but language selection.


The language you select (in International) is not 'English' but 'British English' (I finally found this option at the bottom of the list - just below Vietnamese!!)


My keyboard is set to Spanish ISO but it still corrects 'favorite' to 'favourite'. Just check the language 😉

Mar 22, 2012 2:39 PM in response to murcianix

Normally the spellcheck/autocorrect is supposed to follow the "software" keyboard. The idea is, of course, that you can then have your OS in any "language" and then have spell check in any other language you want by switching only the keyboard via the globe key (or apple/command + space) on a hardware keyboard. So it's a bit odd if you are getting British Spellcheck when your "software" keyboard is set to Spanish. Is that really the case, or is it in fact set to English (UK) and you have your "hardware" setting on Spanish ISO? That is what I would expect.


You should be able to have your OS Language set to French or Vietnamese and your hardware keyboard set to Spanish ISO and still have British English spellcheck if your software keyboard is set to English (UK).

May 22, 2012 8:24 AM in response to Tanguay

To deal with words that end in "ize" instead of the "ise" that is now in your UK English Keyboard, you need to program your iPhone's autocorrect. I found the easiest way to do this was to type the word (eg. organization) a couple of times and not let the autocorrect change it. Eventually Autocorrect recognized that "organization" is my prefered choice and gave it as the option. It still says that it's spelt wrong, but and the end of the day, who cares? I find it more annoying for autocorrect to place in the US spelling than inserting a wavy red line at the bottom of a correct word.

iPhone autocorrect (british)

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