"spellcheck" meaning in English

See spellcheck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spellchecks [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from spellchecker. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|spellchecker}} Back-formation from spellchecker Head templates: {{en-noun}} spellcheck (plural spellchecks)
  1. The act of spellchecking.
    Sense id: en-spellcheck-en-noun-C65bln6b Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 31 22 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 32 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 32 21 19
  2. A spellchecker.
    Sense id: en-spellcheck-en-noun-VFEyo2hi Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 31 22 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 32 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 32 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spell check

Verb

Forms: spellchecks [present, singular, third-person], spellchecking [participle, present], spellchecked [participle, past], spellchecked [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from spellchecker. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|spellchecker}} Back-formation from spellchecker Head templates: {{en-verb}} spellcheck (third-person singular simple present spellchecks, present participle spellchecking, simple past and past participle spellchecked)
  1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
    Sense id: en-spellcheck-en-verb-2baWA3Y5 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 31 22 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 32 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 32 21 19
  2. (transitive) To run a spellchecker on (a document). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spellcheck-en-verb-QDJkA3q4 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 31 22 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 32 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 32 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spell check

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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