Pspell (Portable Spell Checker Interface Library) is a program meant to provide a generic interface to the system
spelling checking libraries. It was, and sometimes still is, used in
computer programming
Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called computer program, programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of proc ...
such as
C, and is licensed under the
GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies to use and integrate a software component released under the LGPL into their own ...
.
Pspell has not been updated since 2001, but is still available on
SourceForge
SourceForge is a web service founded by Geoffrey B. Jeffery, Tim Perdue, and Drew Streib in November 1999. SourceForge provides a centralized software discovery platform, including an online platform for managing and hosting open-source soft ...
a
its project page It has been replaced by
GNU Aspell
GNU Aspell, usually called just Aspell, is a free software spell checker designed to replace Ispell. It is the standard spell checker for the GNU operating system. It also compiler, compiles for other Unix-like operating systems and Microsoft Win ...
.
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development. It was originally created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 and released in 1995. The PHP reference implementation is now produced by the PHP Group. ...
’s Pspell extension, while retaining its current name, now uses the Aspell library.
See also
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GNU Aspell
GNU Aspell, usually called just Aspell, is a free software spell checker designed to replace Ispell. It is the standard spell checker for the GNU operating system. It also compiler, compiles for other Unix-like operating systems and Microsoft Win ...
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Hunspell
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 is based on MySpell and is backwa ...
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Ispell
Ispell is a spelling checker for Unix that supports most Western languages. It offers several interfaces, including a programmatic interface for use by editors such as Emacs. Unlike GNU Aspell, ispell will only suggest corrections that are based ...
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MySpell
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Virastyar
Virastyar (, meaning "editing assistant") is a Persian language, Persian Plug-in (computing), add-in for Microsoft Word that performs Persian spell checking, character standardization, Fingilish, Pinglish transliteration, punctuation correction an ...
External links
SourceForge.net Project InfoGNU Aspell SourceForge.net Project Info
Free spelling checking programs
Language software for Linux
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