spell checker
noun
a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
Also called
spelling checker.
Origin of spell checker
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby spell checker
spelaean,
speleology,
speleotherapy,
spelk,
spell,
spell checker,
spell out,
spell-check,
spellbind,
spellbinder,
spellbound
British Dictionary definitions for spellchecker
spellchecker
/ (ˈspɛlˌtʃɛkə) /
noun
computing
a program that highlights any word in a word-processed document that is not recognized as being correctly spelt