Reference

spellword(1)

Check spelling of single command line argument

NAME

spellword - Check spelling of single command line argument

SYNOPSIS

spellword word

DESCRIPTION

Returns "Misspelled" if the word given as an argument is not found in the ispell dictionary, "Correct" if it is.

EXIT CODE

spellword returns 0 if the word was found in the dictionary, 1 otherwise.

FILES

/usr/lib/ispell/default.hash
$HOME/.ispell_words

SEE ALSO

ispell(1), spell(1), fixwords(1)