---
name: "run-with-aspell"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "aspell"
version: "0.60.8.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/run-with-aspell"
---

# run-with-aspell(1)

script to help use GNU Aspell as an ispell replacement

## NAME

run-with-aspell - script to help use GNU Aspell as an ispell replacement

## SYNOPSIS

**run-with-aspell** *\<command\>*

## DESCRIPTION

The recommended way to use **Aspell** as a replacement for **Ispell** is to change the **Ispell** command from within the program being used.  If that is not possible, the **run-with-aspell** script may be used instead.

## OPTIONS

- **\<command\>**

  is the name of the program with any optional arguments.

The old method of mapping ispell to Aspell is discouraged because it can create compatibility problems with programs that actually require ispell such as ispell's own scripts.

## SEE ALSO

[**aspell**(1)](/aspell/1.md), [**aspell-import**(1)](/aspell-import/1.md), [**word-list-compress**(1)](/word-list-compress/1.md)

Aspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual.  See the \`**aspell**' entry in **info** for more complete documentation.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Sudhakar Chandrasekharan \<thaths@netscape.com\> and Brian Nelson \<pyro@debian.org\>.