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  2. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    Spell checkers can use approximate string matching algorithms such as Levenshtein distance to find correct spellings of misspelled words. [1] An alternative type of spell checker uses solely statistical information, such as n-grams, to recognize errors instead of correctly-spelled words. This approach usually requires a lot of effort to obtain ...

  3. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia.Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia.

  4. Commonly misspelled English words - Wikipedia

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    A misspelling in English might be made by someone used to a different spelling in another language; for example, "address" is translated "adresse" in French and German. Many Spanish words are similar or identical to English words, but with an "n" inserted, or replacing an "m", leading to errors: "inmigrant" from " inmigrante ", "cementery" from ...

  5. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    As an adjective, Arab refers to people and things of ethnic Arab origin. Arabic refers to the Arabic language or writing system. Its use as a synonym for Arab is considered controversial by some [who?]. are and our. Are is the second-person singular present and the first-, second-, and third-person plural present of the verb be. Our means ...

  6. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    English doctor John Donne: DUN / d ʌ n / English poet and cleric John Keble: KEE-bəl / ˈ k iː b əl / English churchman and poet John H. Kerr: like car / k ɑːr / American politician Johnny Manziel: man-ZEL / m æ n ˈ z ɛ l / American football player Jonathan Toews: TAYVZ / t eɪ v z / Canadian hockey player Justin Duchsherer: DOOK-shər ...

  7. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .

  8. Oprah wasn't always Oprah: Her birth name revealed - AOL

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    Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...

  9. Wainwright (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    A wainwright's workshop. A wainwright or cartwright is a trades person skilled in the making and repairing of wagons and carts.The word wainwright is the combination of the archaic words "wain" (a large wagon for farm use) and "wright" (a worker or maker), originating from the Old English wægnwyrhta. [1]