Spell Check

Highlights misspelled words on the active webpage.

Spell Check - Instantly Identify Misspelled Words on Your Webpage

"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.

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By: Mike Costello

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.88

(16)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2016-06-03)

Creation date: 2016-06-03

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 212.99K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 20,394

Other rankings

#3157 in Developer Tools ▲ 14 #10 in spell checker keyword 55 #10 in spelling checker keyword 59 #14 in spelling keyword 49 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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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

User reviews

Working great for me

Jeffrey Pectol, 2024-06-14

Nothing happens when I click it.

David M, 2024-05-15

A useful tool :)

Edward Bennett, 2021-02-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Spell Check does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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