Yes most typing sites have one.
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Generally, a spell checker will not correct words that are misspelled in context. A grammar checker might catch 'there' vs. 'they're' - but since both are words, a spell checker wouldn't care.
You can download a spell checker from a variety of online sites. The best way to find them is by doing a search using the keywords spell checker.
There is no spell checker on Answers.
You have done spelled it, look under wikipedia for all spellings and different spellings for same word. If you have a Google tool bar this button can be added for fast access, along with the Google spell checker. I have found no other spell checker better, except for my Microsoft 2010 word!
If you are asking on how to activate in MS Word it is either key F7 or tools - spell checker.
Excel has a spell checker. If you go into the Tools menu there is a Spellchecker option there. You also can just press the F7 key to start it.
While there were attempts to create automated spell checkers as early as 1957, the first functional spell checker was created in February 1971 by Ralph Gorin, a Stanford graduate student. The spell checker was installed on a DEC PDP-10, located in Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence lab. The first patent to use a spell checker with a computer software program was issued to Software Concepts, Inc. in 1978. It is not clear which was the first application to use the spell checker, but photo-typesetting programs from Lanier, Philips, and Xerox included a spell checker.
A spell checker application.
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WikiAnswers now has a spell checker! When you click to answer a question, or edit an existing answer, there is a link both above and below the answer box that allows you to check your spelling!
Yes, spell checkers can distinguish between homonyms based on context. By analyzing the surrounding words in a sentence, spell checkers can suggest the correct spelling of a homonym to ensure the intended meaning is conveyed accurately.