How to Add or Remove Words for Spellcheck Dictionary in Microsoft Edge Chromium


Microsoft has adopted the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web engine as the Google Chrome browser, offering you best in class web compatibility and performance.

The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.

Microsoft Edge has a built-in spellchecker powered by the Hunspell engine by default which is also used by LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Chrome, Opera, and others.

Microsoft Edge checks your spelling as you type in the browser. The spellcheck service is completed locally on the device; Microsoft Edge does not send info about your typing to Microsoft for spellcheck.

When you add a new language to Microsoft Edge, the browser downloads the dictionary for the new language to the device using HTTPS. The dictionary is used for the built-in spellcheck service. Deleting the language from your Microsoft Edge settings deletes the dictionary from the device. Guest mode does not use the custom dictionary from the profile or any added languages.

Your Check Spelling (spellcheck) languages will be listed in the same preference order you set in your preferred language settings.

If you add a word to the dictionary, it will no longer be highlighted (underlined in red) as a misspelled word.

If you mistakenly add a word to the dictionary, then you can remove the word from the dictionary to have it highlighted as a misspelled word again.

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This tutorial will show you how to add or remove words you want for the spellcheck dictionary in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.


Contents

  • Option One: Add or Remove Words for Microsoft Edge Spellcheck Dictionary in Microsoft Edge Settings
  • Option Two: Add Words to Microsoft Edge Spellcheck Dictionary via Context Menu






OPTION ONE

Add or Remove Words for Microsoft Edge Spellcheck Dictionary in Microsoft Edge Settings


1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+F) 3 dots menu icon, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on Languages on the left side, and click/tap on Add or delete words under Check spelling on the right side. (see screenshot below)

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

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4 Do step 5 (add) and/or step 6 (remove) below for what you want to do.


5 To Add Words to Dictionary in Microsoft Edge

A) Type a word you want to add in the Add a new word field on the right side, and click/tap on Add word. (see screenshots below)

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6 To Remove Words from Dictionary in Microsoft Edge

A) Under Words you've added on the right side, click/tap on the X button to the right of the word you want to delete. (see screenshot below)

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7 When finished adding and removing words, you can close the Settings tab if you like.






OPTION TWO

Add Words to Microsoft Edge Spellcheck Dictionary via Context Menu


1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 When spellcheck underlines a word in red it thinks is misspelled while you are typing in a text field on a page that is not actually misspelled, highlight the misspelled word, right click on the word reported as misspelled, and click/tap on Add to dictionary. (see screenshots below)

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That's it,
Shawn