Overview
What is Aspell?
Aspell : GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell
In depth
A closer look at Aspell
GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Its main feature is that it does a superior job of suggesting possible replacements for a misspelled word than just about any other spell checker out there for the English language. Unlike Ispell, Aspell can also easily check documents in UTF-8 without having to use a special dictionary.Aspell also does its best to respect the user's current locale settings. Other advantages over Ispell include support for using multiple dictionaries at once and intelligently handling personal dictionaries when more than one Aspell process is open at once.
Verdict
Should you download Aspell?
Aspell runs on
Linux
and is available under the
GNU Public License
license
— the installer is 1.2 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
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At a glance
Aspell specifications
- Last updated
- Feb 24, 2025
- License
- GNU Public License
- Operating system
- Linux
- File size
- 1.2 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 652
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