How do I teach Siri to spell my wife's name correctly in texts?

Michael,

IMO, there isn't a solution to this issue. I've been trying to do this since Siri came out. You're right, the 'phonetic' option only helps Siri pronounce someones name. Not 'spell' their name as you dictate. I have the same issue with my wife's name.

Yes. Open the contact for this person, press the Edit button, scroll to the bottom and press "+" next to Add Field, select Phonetic First Name. Here type in the spelling that Siri is using (Erin), Press the Done button and try Siri again.

I Disagree. I tried the suggestion and it worked! This was exceptionally helpful because my bride to be has a different spelling, so she wouldnt stop spelling it "Keely".

Do what she suggested, but restart the phone after you do. I tested this both before and after a restart, and the restart made THE difference.

While I am sorry there is no solution, I am glad I am not the only one suffering with this.

I have a male friend named "Kerry". I mention his name in text messages almost daily. No matter what I try, Siri insists on "Carrie". I change it EVERY time and it has no effect on future texts. It continues with "Carrie". So frustrating. One would think there would be some feature where she would LEARN after being corrected 50 times.

I made a mistake.

Open the contact for this person, press the Edit button, scroll to the bottom and press "+" next to Add Field, select Phonetic First Name. Here type in the spelling that Siri is using (Aarom), Press the Done button and try Siri again and Say Call Erin (Not Aarom)

Thank you. Very clear instructions. Even the one you didn't correct got it right because of the way I interpreted your meaning. Do you have a list of tips. You communicate very well, and I would like to learn what else you have written.

I have added my daughters name into the contacts of my phone. Now that she has been added it has spelled my daughters name correctly every time I dictated it in a text message. This works when I only use her first name, not her first and last name as suggested above.

This worked for me! Thank you so much!!

I just got an apple watch and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't spell my own son's name right when sending texts and had to go to my phone to send any msgs with my son's name in it...

I realize this is an older thread but I believe I might have an answer to your question. I was just searching Google for the same issue myself. I found that if you use dictation through a message or a note, highlight the name you wish to correct the spelling to and select the replace option in the context menu. It should pop up with a list of alternate spellings. Select the one that best matches your wife's name. This should tell Siri how you would like the name spelled.

I too have been very frustrated with this same problem and finally had success when I followed the instructions to add a Phonetic First name of 'Aaron' to the contact information for my daughter (Erin). Worked like a charm!

I was having the same problem. My girlfriend spells her name Kristian and I have another Christian in my contacts. What I did was delete the other similar names after sending the contacts to myself so I could replace them later. Then I asked Siri to call Christian and the only option now was Kristian. Then I asked her who my girlfriend was and changed that to my Kristian. Then I added my other contacts backs. Works now only problem I've run into is that it only dictates one form of spelling so you might not be able to call other Aaron's using Siri but my girlfriend comes first so that didn't matter to me

Thank you--this worked for me. My wife's pet peeve is to see her name spelled "Chris" instead of "Kris" and now my dictated texts won't draw her ire. I wish the phonetic field in her Contacts entry didn't display, but it's a small price to pay (until she sees it).

This isn't perfect but I got it to work with my sons name. Say the whole name (first and last) in the dictation. I am assuming Siri pulls it from contacts.