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My Spellchecker often doesn't pick up the typos I make, it knows it's wrong but it can't offer a suggestion. So instead of everyone maintaining their own dictionarys, have everyone's spell checkers networked so that the most common misspellings or typos are always picked up. New words entering the
lexicon can easily be corrected automatically.
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You would also need access to a comprehensive canonical source, like the OED, so you don't end up spelling certain words incorrectly because most other people make the same mistake. |
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[21Q] the spellchecker in that link does not appear to networked, despite it's name. |
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The problem with using the OED or something similarly
exhaustive, is the same reason you don't want to use it as a
scrabble dictionary. So many common misspellings are in it
because they are other words.
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A networked spellchecker would have very similar problems.
Especially given the number of acronyms in existence,
almost any 3-4 letter combination, and many longer ones will
be in use by someone, and that person will want to add it do
their dictionary. |
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But it could also check the context ie. if it appears before or after certain other words. |
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