How to set up the spell checker on iOS

El spelling checker Mobile device autocorrect is one of those things we love and hate in equal measure. We love it because it allows us to write quickly and, when we are used to the screen of our mobile, practically without looking at the screen. We hate him because sometimes he has a life of his own and writes the words that seem good to him and not the ones we want. Although it is a basic setting, there are many users who have doubts about how to manage this writing tool.

The problem with the autocorrect is that it tries to use too correct language. Also, the iPhone, as a good Apple product that it is, does not like bad words, so we have to write them carefully if we do not want it to send something with a totally different meaning. On the other hand, it is logical that there different words to say the same in the same language, as is the case of "little" that is used in Albacete to say "little". In these cases, it may be a good idea to deactivate the corrector, a very simple process that we explain below.

How to turn off the iPhone's spell checker

As I have mentioned above, disable autocorrect It is very simple. But, as always, you have to consider looking for the settings or knowing the way. We will deactivate it by performing these steps:

1. We open the Settings.
2. Next we go to General.
3. We slide down and enter Keyboard.
4. Finally, we have to deactivate the switch, lever or toggle of the Autocorrector.

Easy right?

How to change the language of the spell checker

Change the language of the proofreader Spelling is very simple, but it may be worth looking at the next point first. In any case, to change the language we have two options:

1. We touch the ball of the world and the language will change from one to another (for example, Spanish, English, Spanish…).
2. We touch and hold on the world ball to see all the languages ​​that we have activated together with the option to deactivate the predictive dictionary.

How to add a language

In order to change the language as we have explained in the previous point, first we will have to add new languages ​​to the keyboard. This works as follows: we start from the premise that we want our iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to be able to correct what we write in Spanish, but that, for whatever reason, we also want it to do so in United States English. The first thing we have to do in this case is add that keyboard. To avoid confusion, I am going to detail the steps to follow:

1. As when deactivating the AutoCorrect, we open Settings.
2. Next, we go to General.
3. We slide down and enter Keyboard.
4. The next thing is to enter Keyboards. If you had never touched it, next to it you will see a 2, one that is the keyboard of your language and a second that is that of the Emoji.
5. Next we have to tap on Add new keyboard. We will see that all that we have available are shown to us.
6. The next thing we have to do, logically, is choose the language we want to add, which in this case is "English". If there is one that is from the United Kingdom, the one that does not put anything is the English where Apple resides, that is, the United States.
7. Now that we have the language added, we would already have it, but how is it used? Well, we have to go to any application where we can write.
8. Finally, we have to choose the language by touching the world ball that will appear next to the face with which we access the Emoji.

How to activate the Catalan spell checker

This is a query that you have also asked us. There is no special way activate the Catalan spell checker, since we are talking about an official language of the Iberian Peninsula, so it is done in the same way that we would do it with any other language of the many that we have available. But since the query is for a specific language, if we did not have the autocorrect activated so that it would not correct the Catalan words, we would have to unite everything explained in the previous points:

1. If we do not have it activated, logically, we have to activate the autocorrect as we have explained previously.
2. We do what I have explained in the previous point, but only changing the step of choosing the language, at which point, logically, we will search for "Catalan" and add it.
3. Finally, we will play on the ball of the world and choose «Catalan». If we touch the world ball without holding it, it will change between languages ​​and we will know that it has reached Catalan when «Catalan» appears on the space bar (something that disappears a couple of seconds after appearing).

What is "Spell Check"?

By default, all iOS devices have both AutoCorrect and AutoCorrect enabled. spell check. In this way, when we are going to write a wrong word, if it finds one in its dictionary that could match, it will automatically change it for us. But if, for example, we want to put a misspelled word on purpose, we can do it by pressing the "x" that appears next to the suggested word, which will allow us to leave the word we have written. For example, if we put the word "vurro" (sorry to those of you who are crying blood right now) and we hit the "x", it will appear in the writing box with a red line underneath.

The options are separated in case we want to have it as it usually is in computers. In computers where we can type with a larger keyboard and with more comfort, I think it is best to check the writing of what we write and we warn of possible errors, but don't change the words for us. In fact, I was testing it on the Mac a long time ago and I typed “Drop Simulator” twice when I wanted to type “Goat Simulator”. Although they are activated by default, the options are separate so that we can decide what type of help we prefer.