---
name: "spellintian"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lintian"
version: "2.122.0"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spellintian"
---

# spellintian(1)

simple spellchecker based on Lintian's data files

## NAME

spellintian - simple spellchecker based on Lintian's data files

## SYNOPSIS

**spellintian** \[**--picky**\] \[*text-file*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **spellintian** command parses one or more text files for spelling mistakes.  It uses the same spellcheck algorithm and data set as **lintian**.

If no file is specified on the command line, this command expects its input on stdin.

## OPTIONS

- **--picky**

  Also use the "picky" data set on top of the regular spelling data set. The "picky" data set also includes a lot of capitalization related rules (like spelling "Debian" with an uppercase "D").

  Note however that these checks can have false positives.  As an example, consider the following those uses of Python "the python binary" (e.g. /usr/bin/python) and "the Python language".  The **--picky** option will unconditionally flag the use of "python" in the first case as bad despite being correct.

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

  Display usage information and exit.

- **--version**

  Print a version banner and exit.

## SEE ALSO

[**lintian**(1)](/lintian/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Niels Thykier \<niels@thykier.net\> (wrote the manpage)

Jakub Wilk \<jwilk@jwilk.net\> (wrote the program)