Words Command [W]

Looks up each word in the spelling dictionaries. This command will only work if you have the dictionary of the Spell (Bonus) program installed on your system.

WORDS “string of words”

The Words command can check the spelling of words, or search the dictionary for similar words. Words in the string must be separated by blanks.

Check spelling

When Words checks the spelling, it will tell you whether the words in the string are correctly spelled (found), incorrectly spelled (not found), or incorrectly cased (wrong case).

Example

  /words "right wroung david"  found     : right  not found : wroung  wrong case: david  

Searching for Words

Words can search for similar words in one of two ways. The first, called prefix search, searches for words that begin with the same letters as the given word. The second, called soundex search, searches for words that sound like the given word. To specify a prefix search, add an at-sign (@) after the search word; to specify a soundex search, add an exclamation mark (!) after the search word.

Examples

  /words "quicks@"     {find words prefixed with "quicks"}  word      : quicks  prefix    : quicksand            : quicksands            : quicksilver            : quickstep  4 matches  /words "vegetable!" {find sound-alikes for "vegetable"}  word      : vegetable  soundex   : vegetable            : vestibule            : visitable  3 matches  

Notes

The spelling checker’s dictionaries must be installed for this command to work. See the chapter “Installing Qedit” for instructions about installing the dictionaries, and the notes under the Spell command for more information. Use the Spell command to spell-check a range of lines.

Words Command [W]