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GNU Aspell vs Hunspell

A side-by-side look at GNU Aspell and Hunspell. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU Aspell

GNU Aspell

Office & Productivity

GNU Aspell is an open source spell checking program. It can be used as a standalone application or as a library that integrates into other applications. Aspell supports many natural languages and can identify misspelled words and offer corrections.

spellcheckeropen-sourcetext-editing
Hunspell

Hunspell

Office & Productivity

Hunspell is an open-source spell checking library and program designed for languages with complex morphology and orthography. It supports several algorithms for suggestion and auto-correction.

spellcheckdictionaryorthographymorphologyopensource

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