Highlights misspelled words on the active webpage.
What is Spell Check?
"Spell Check" is a handy Chrome extension designed to make the lives of web developers and editors easier by identifying and highlighting misspelled words inline on the active webpage. It supports the English dictionary and marks misspelled words with a red underline for easy spotting. This tool is safe to use, requiring no special permissions or external requests. It also supports keyboard shortcuts, i.e., Cmd+Shift+K for Mac users and Ctrl+Shift+K for Windows users. Please note that it does not offer suggestions for corrected spellings.
Extension stats
By: Mike Costello
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.88
(16)
Creation date: 2016-06-03
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 212.99K
Ranking
# 20060
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Extension summary
Quickly spell check webpages. Useful for web developers & editors to catch spelling errors in published sites.
- Supports english dictionary.
- Marks misspelled words inline on the page with a red underline.
- Does not offer suggestions.
- Safe - plugin requires no special permissions or external requests.
- Keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+K (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+K (Win)
User reviews
Pros
- Works quickly and on live web pages
- Simple to use and effective
- Essential tool for professional website QA
- Red dots under misspelled words for easy identification
- Daily proofreading tool for many users
Cons
- Dictionary needs updating for complex words
- Does not work with local HTML files
- Limited customization options for dictionary settings
Most mentioned
- Works as expected
- Quick and effective
- Useful for proofreading web pages
Recent reviews
Working great for me
Nothing happens when I click it.
A useful tool :)
Extension safety
Risk impact
Spell Check does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Spell Check has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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