Hunspell
Spell checker for complex languages
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Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyser designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding and character encoding, originally designed for the Hungarian language.
| Hunspell | |
|---|---|
| Developer | László Németh |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Spell checker |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License and Mozilla Public License |
| Website | hunspell |
| Repository | |
Hunspell is based on MySpell and is backward-compatible with MySpell dictionaries. While MySpell uses a single-byte character encoding, Hunspell can use Unicode UTF-8-encoded dictionaries.
Uses
Software with Hunspell support:
| Name | Type | Group | Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Web browser | ? | [2] | |
| Chromium | Web browser | ? | [2] | |
| Empathy | Instant messaging | — | Dynamically-linked libenchant | Issue selecting dictionaries Enchant[3] |
| Firefox | Web browser | Mozilla | ? | — |
| Illustrator | Vector graphics | Adobe | Statically-linked libhunspell | — |
| InDesign | Desktop publishing | Adobe | Statically-linked libhunspell | Since CS5.5[4] |
| gedit | Text editor | GNOME | Dynamically-linked libenchant via GtkSpell[5] | — |
| GroupWise | — | Starting in version 2012[6] | ||
| JetBrains IDEs | Integrated development environment | JetBrains | — | ReSharper[7] & IDEs use Hunspell dictionaries[8][9] |
| .NET | — | [10] | ||
| Origyn Web Browser | Web browser | — | Dynamically-linked spellchecker.library | Since 3.12 |
| Perl | — | [11] | ||
| QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing | Quark Software Inc. | Statically-linked libhunspell | Since QuarkXPress 2017[12] |
| Scribus | Desktop publishing | — | Dynamically-linked libenchant | Since 1.4.2[13] |
| Name | Type | Group | Method | Notes |
License
Hunspell is free software, distributed under the terms of a GPL, LGPL and MPL tri-license.
