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

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