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  2. Spelling suggestion - Wikipedia

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    Spelling suggestion is a feature of many computer software applications used to suggest plausible replacements for words that are likely to have been misspelled.. Spelling suggestion features are commonly included in Internet search engines, word processors, spell checkers, medical transcription, automatic query reformulation, and frequency-log statistics reporting.

  3. Typographical error - Wikipedia

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    Since the emergence and popularization of online auction sites such as eBay, misspelled auction searches have quickly become lucrative for people searching for deals. [13] The concept on which these searches are based is that, if an individual posts an auction and misspells its description and/or title, regular searches will not find this auction.

  4. eBay search function fails for hours - AOL

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    Firsthand reports from 24/7 Wall St. and social media information website Mashable say the the search function of eBay (EBAY) was down for several hours on Saturday. The search feature is critical ...

  5. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    In software, a spell checker (or spelling checker or spell check) is a software feature that checks for misspellings in a text. Spell-checking features are often embedded in software or services, such as a word processor, email client, electronic dictionary, or search engine.

  6. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a spelling checker - Wikipedia

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    Despite our various expertise, often it is better to delete a misspelled redirect. A reader presented with a search page at least knows he or she did somethin wrong. A reader who gets sent to the "right" page neither knows nor cares; one sent to the "wrong" page gets puzzled and frustrated. In short, redirects from misspellings are evil.

  7. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Instructions

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  8. List of search engines - Wikipedia

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    Cross-platform open-source desktop search engine. Unmaintained since 2011-06-02 [9]. LGPL v2 [10] Terrier Search Engine: Linux, Mac OS X, Unix: Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux. MPL v1.1 [11] Tracker: Linux, Unix: Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux GPL v2 [12] Tropes Zoom: Windows: Semantic Search Engine (no ...

  9. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/E

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    misspelling (click for Wikipedia search); (correct spelling) To add an entry to the list, insert a new search entry using the {{search link}} template with the correct spelling in parentheses after the link.