Spell check in Mojave

This is more of a pet peeve, because I am a writer, but the spellcheck in Mojave is terrible. I have the word "seek" in a sentence, and the spell check flags it as if it's the word "eek." It has also flagged "than" where "then" would not be appropriate. This never happened before I updated to Mojave. I don't like computers scolding me for word choice (which shouldn't even be included in spellcheck - that's a grammar issue), but I do like to be able to check my spelling without these glitches. I can't think of any fixes, other than telling it to learn spellings of words that do not exist... which would defeat the purpose of spellcheck.

Using a MacBook Air, 1.8 GHz, 8GB Memory, 121GB storage...

MACBOOK AIR (13-INCH, 2017), macOS Mojave (10.14)

Posted on Oct 7, 2018 3:25 PM

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VikingOSX

Level 10

123,230 points

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 7:58 AM

Have the spell check, whether in System Preferences : Keyboard : Text panel, or in the application that you are using — set to your explicit country language, and not Automatic by Language. The latter introduces some wag to the spell checking equation.

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pixycz

Level 1

11 points

Mar 1, 2019 7:02 PM in response to Martypip

Now imagine you're used to write in three four languages at the same time. Literally ALL my notes are half-red, underlined by this stupid spell checker I'm not able to disable. :( I really don't understand why am I forced to use a feature I don't need, why am I not allowed to simply turn it off.

goran294

Level 1

4 points

Oct 7, 2018 10:49 PM in response to gwenhyver42

Every freaking time Mac updates something, Pages breaks down. I'm having the same issue. Don't make me go back to Word, please. Advise us!

goplant

Level 1

4 points

Dec 13, 2018 4:45 AM in response to gwenhyver42

Since upgrading to Mojave spelling errors I make in Pages do not get suggestions offered when I right click the underlined words. Even slight misspellings on right clicking get the "No Guesses Found" message.

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Spell check in Mojave