How does word indicate wrong spelling and grammar?

1. This has been a thorn in my side for MONTHS!
   Thank you for explaining how to fix this :)

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   • Spelling and Grammar Errors
   • Correct a Spelling or Grammar Error
   • Ignore a Spelling or Grammar Error
   • Add a Word to the Dictionary
   • FREE Quick Reference
   • How do you check grammar mistakes in Word?
   • What color are grammar errors in word?
   • Why is word saying words are misspelled?
   • Is the error related to spelling and grammar?

   by Robin on Feb 06, 2015

2. This also works for Outlook!

   by laura on Sep 22, 2015

3. I had spelling errors in my resume because of this! :-( Thanks for the fix!

   by Cinna on Nov 08, 2015

4. Thank you! I have no idea how this came to be the setting on my son's paper, but your solution worked like a charm!

   by Stacie on Nov 20, 2015

5. Wow....this works...actually i was frustrated with this problem.. finally I am happy...and thank you sooooo much...

   by Dr Ashok Kumar on Jan 11, 2016

6. Thank you very much.

   by Quame on Mar 22, 2016

7. Honestly! Thank you. This has been a complete pain for me for a year. I could not figure out what was going on. For some reason, though, it will id a spelling error but I cannot right click to fix the spelling error.

   by Allison on May 20, 2016

8. None of these suggestions worked for me in Word 2013 and there is no "Set as Default" button in the Proofing window. It was working fine until just now and it continues NOT to flag "brnaches" when the correct spelling is "branches". I have also clicked the button..."Recheck Document" several times and it only re-identifies a few proper nouns I told it to ignore.

   by Judy on May 25, 2016

9. What Paula did (Respondent #3) worked for me, Thanks

   by Rob on Jun 29, 2016

10. Yes worked for me!! THANKS.

    by Al on Jul 13, 2016

11. Yay!! Worked! Thank you

    by Scrugs on Aug 23, 2016

12. My language bar is not working on selected text. So spell is happy with my check on a different language. (Win 10 Office 2016) hallod
    So I wrote the previous word in Hungarian, setting was English. It correctly flagged it. Then I selected it, changed language to Hungarian, and it remained selected.

    by Gyurika on Aug 25, 2016

13. THANK YOU!!!

    by stella on Dec 15, 2016

14. Thank you!!!! I have been trying to update my cover letter and resume and this has been frustrating me. No other "help" site has given this suggestion. It worked like a charm.

    by Tracy on Jan 20, 2017

15. thank you for this, it was doing my head in. i'm not too sure why it did it in the first place but thanks helped a lot

    by just a random guy on Feb 08, 2017

16. DID NOT WORK. NONE OF THE "FIXES" WORK. I have two very clearly misspelled words in a document yet Word says they are fine. For instance, "crowdeded." SMH FLIPPING ANNOYING

    by Meesh on May 30, 2017

17. For some reason these boxes keep re-ticking themselves, even though I'm setting the option as default. HELP!!!!!!!

    by Natalie on Jun 02, 2017

18. Thank you so much, this has been driving me crazy for weeks. I have been in and out of the internet trying to find a way to fix this and your site was the only one that gave the correct prompts. Thank you.

    by Robin on Jun 25, 2017

19. I took the steps as indicated but still having problems. I am grading papers and running them through word. Misspellings such as introcuction and learndt are not being caught. It doesn't even pick up fragment sentences.

    by Melissa on Jun 28, 2017

20. Thanks a bunch, mate. Worked first time. Well done! Keep it Up! Very grateful!

    by Danson on Jul 02, 2017

21. Thank you!

    by MB on Jul 17, 2017

22. Thanks so much for providing the answer to fix this problem.

    by T on Apr 22, 2015

23. I tried that but it keeps on automatically going back to the original setting and not allowing me to use spellcheck. Is there anything else I can do?

    by Esther on Mar 29, 2016

24. Esther, after you make sure "Do not check spelling and grammar" is unchecked, click the "Set as default" button.

    by Neil Vig on Mar 30, 2016

25. this worked! THANKS!!!

    by kay on Aug 29, 2014

26. I had to turn "on" the checks, close the tab, then return and uncheck them, to clear up this problem.

    by Paula on Mar 19, 2015

27. Wow, it works. Word 2013. Thank you

    by CL Student on Oct 07, 2018

28. Thank you. This worked for me.

    by Akhtar on Dec 31, 2018

29. Thanks a lot !! This problem was really getting on my nerves. Thanks again for your help.
    :-)

    by Akhil on Jan 03, 2019

30. THANK YOU I had this problem in Outlook 2016 and this solved it! I appreciate this!!!!!

    by NA on May 03, 2019

Part of editing your documents is making sure that everything is spelled and assembled correctly. Word is a great help in this regard because it can identify spelling and grammar errors in your documents.

Spelling and Grammar Errors

As you type, Word will automatically check your spelling and grammar. Word’s AutoCorrect feature will fix small errors and common misspellings, while less-common problems will be highlighted with a colored underline.

• Potential spelling errors are given a wavy underline in red.
• Potential grammar errors are given a double-underline in blue.
  

Correct a Spelling or Grammar Error

Once a spelling or grammar error has been highlighted, you could always correct it manually by deleting and retyping it, or you can see some suggested corrections.

1. Right-click the error.

   The Spelling (or Grammar) contextual menu appears, showing some suggestions for the misspelled word (or grammatical error), along with definitions for the suggested words

2. Select the suggestion you want to use, if it appears.

The misspelled word (or grammatical error) is automatically updated.

You can also check the document for all spelling and grammar errors at once by clicking the Review tab and clicking the Spelling & Grammar button.

Ignore a Spelling or Grammar Error

Not all misspellings and grammar mistakes that Word identifies will be actual mistakes. For example, names will often be marked as misspelled words, even when they’re properly spelled. You can ignore these errors so that they’ll no longer be underlined and won’t appear in spelling and grammar checks.

1. Right-click the error.

   Depending on whether it’s a spelling error or grammatical error, you’ll be able to ignore all instances of the misspelled word, or this single instance of a grammatical error.

2. Select Ignore All (for misspelled words) or Ignore Once (for grammatical errors).

The selected word (or grammatical error) is ignored.

Add a Word to the Dictionary

If a word gets marked as misspelled, but it’s a correctly spelled word that just isn’t in Word’s dictionary—such as a person’s name or a company name—you can add it to the dictionary so that it doesn’t get marked as misspelled in the future.

1. Right-click the error.
2. Select Add to Dictionary.

The word is added to the dictionary.

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