spellcheck

See also: spell-check and spell check

English

Alternative forms

• spell check

Etymology

Back-formation from spellchecker.

Noun

spellcheck (plural spellchecks)

1. The act of spellchecking.

   You'd better run another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.

2. A spellchecker.

   My wordprocessor is supposed to have a spellcheck, but I don't know how to use it.

Verb

spellcheck (third-person singular simple present spellchecks, present participle spellchecking, simple past and past participle spellchecked)

1. To check that words in written text are properly spelled.
2. (transitive) To run a spellchecker on (a document).