---
name: "spellword"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spellprogs"
version: "1.11-4"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spellword"
---

# 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)](/ispell/1.md), [**spell**(1)](/spell/1.md), [**fixwords**(1)](/fixwords/1.md)

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