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Spelling

φ checks your spelling as you write. Misspelled words get a subtle wavy underline, and you can correct them straight from the right-click menu — pick a suggestion, or choose Add to Dictionary to keep the word.

Everything lives in Settings → Language.

Choosing an engine​

Under Settings → Language → Spelling you pick how φ checks spelling:

  • Native (default) — uses your operating system's spell-checker. It's light and leaves your system's writing tools untouched. On macOS the language is detected automatically; on Windows and Linux you choose the languages below.
  • Enhanced — uses φ's own bundled dictionaries, so you get the same high-quality checking on every operating system. English, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico) and French are built in.

Turn the whole feature off with the Check spelling toggle.

Languages​

Choose which languages to check under Settings → Language → Spelling → Languages. You can pick more than one — a document is checked against all of them, so a word that's correct in any chosen language isn't flagged. This is what makes multilingual documents work.

Installing more languages​

The Enhanced engine can use any Hunspell dictionary. To add one:

  1. Download a Hunspell dictionary (a folder with an .aff and a .dic file).
  2. Settings → Language → Spelling → Install language… and select the folder.

Per-document and per-vault overrides​

Spelling settings cascade: document → vault → global. A more specific level wins, and anything you don't set falls back to the level above.

  • For one document: click the spell-check chip in the status bar (bottom of the window) to set this document's engine and languages. Choose Use default to clear the override and follow the vault/global setting again.
  • For a vault: Settings → Language → This vault sets a default for every document in the current vault. Choose Use global to clear it.

Personal dictionary​

Words you add with Add to Dictionary are remembered across documents. Review or remove them under Settings → Language → Personal dictionary — removing a word makes φ flag it again.