---
name: "hfst-ospell"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hfst-ospell"
version: "0.5.4-1+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hfst-ospell"
---

# hfst-ospell(1)

Spell checker tool based on HFST

## NAME

hfst-ospell - Spell checker tool based on HFST

## SYNOPSIS

**hfstospell** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*ZHFST-ARCHIVE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Use automata in ZHFST-ARCHIVE or from OPTIONS to check and correct

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print this help message

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Be verbose

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Don't be verbose (default)

- **-s**, **--silent**

  Same as quiet

- **-a**, **--analyse**

  Analyse strings and corrections

- **-n**, **--limit**=*N*

  Show at most N suggestions

- **-w**, **--max-weight**=*W*

  Suppress corrections with weights above W

- **-b**, **--beam**=*W*

  Suppress corrections worse than best candidate by more than W

- **-t**, **--time-cutoff**=*T*

  Stop trying to find better corrections after T seconds (T is a float)

- **-S**, **--suggest**

  Suggest corrections to mispellings

- **-X**, **--real-word**

  Also suggest corrections to correct words

- **-m**, **--error-model**

  Use this error model (must also give lexicon as option)

- **-l**, **--lexicon**

  Use this lexicon (must also give erro model as option)

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to hfst-bugs@helsinki.fi

hfstospell 0.5.0 copyright (C) 2009 - 2018 University of Helsinki

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **hfst-ospell** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **hfst-ospell** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info hfst-ospell**

should give you access to the complete manual.