3 spell, sprog \- find spelling errors
25 looks up words from the named
27 (standard input default)
28 in a spelling list and places
29 possible misspellings\(emwords
30 not sanctioned there\(emon the standard output.
35 and its standard preprocessors.
36 It understands these options:
39 Check British spelling.
42 Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with
48 every stem as it is looked up in the spelling list,
49 along with its affix classes.
51 As a matter of policy,
53 does not admit multiple spellings of the same word.
54 Variants that follow general rules are preferred
55 over those that don't, even when the unruly spelling is
57 Thus, in American usage, `modelled', `sizeable', and `judgment' are
58 rejected in favor of `modeled', `sizable', and `judgement'.
59 Agglutinated variants are shunned: `crewmember' and `backyard'
60 cede to `crew member' and `back yard' (noun) or `back-yard'
66 American spelling list
72 The actual spelling checker.
73 It expects one word per line on standard input,
74 and takes the same arguments as
77 .TF /sys/src/cmd/spell
90 used to excise formatting information are imperfect.
92 The spelling list's coverage is uneven;
93 in particular biology, medicine, and chemistry, and
94 perforce proper names,
95 not to mention languages other than English,
96 are covered very lightly.