GNU Aspell

aspell

Runs as aspell|macOS, Linux, Windows|aspell.net

Command form

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Interactively spell-check a file with aspell, or list misspelled words from standard input. Dictionary management and pipe mode are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui aspell

Check spellingExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Check mode

-calways added

File to check*

file

Language

string

Personal word list

file

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Check a file

checkfilelangpersonal

Check an HTML file

checkfilelanghtmlno_backup

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Check mode

Interactive check of one file.

-c

File to check

path · positional 0

Language

string

--lang-len_USen_GBde_DEfr_FR

Personal word list

path

--personal-p

Encoding

string

--encodingutf-8

Suggestion mode

enum

--sug-modeultrafastnormalbad-spellers

HTML mode

boolean

-H

TeX mode

boolean

-t

Do not create backup file

boolean

--dont-backup-x

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

check <file>, -c <file> -d <name> or --master=<name> -l <string> or --lang=<string> --personal=<file>, -p <file> --encoding=<string> --mode=<string>, -e, -H, -t, -n --sug-mode=<mode> --ignore-case, --dont-ignore-case --backup, --dont-backup, -b, -x

manual2026-10-27

man.archlinux.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed aspell against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.