Add Free Spell Checker to Wordpad Notepad or Anything You Can Type On

Wordpad and Notepad are two Windows editors that come without any spell checker. Till now, no application has ever been attempted to add one to them. These two editors might not be very popular, but they are handy when you need a quick copy-paste without opening any other heavy application.

So the point is, How do I add a spell checker? There is no magic but a small but handy software called Tiny Spell, which integrates spell checking into virtually any word processor. It works in Windows 10 and the latest Windows 11. Let’s figure out how to add a free Spell checker to Wordpad Notepad.

Add Free Spell Checker to Wordpad Notepad or Anything You Can Type On

It does a spell check anywhere you can type on your computer.

• Wordpad and Notepad
• Paint or Photoshop Application
• When you save a file with a new name
• Check spell when you chat
• Even when I am typing here.

Once you install it, it will sit in the system tray and monitor. There are two ways it can check spelling mistakes for you, acting as spell check in WordPad and spell check in Notepad.

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1] Notification in the system tray

While you are typing, tinySpell watches the text you enter, and whenever it detects a misspelled word, it beeps and shows a spelling tip, and the tinySpell taskbar icon turns from white to yellow.

2] Clipboard Monitoring

When you copy text to the clipboard, tinySpell checks its spelling immediately. If it finds at least one misspelled word in the text, it beeps and turns its icon to yellow.

How does it correct spelling?

When a misspelled word is detected, click the tinySpell taskbar icon or press the hotkey to pop up a list of suggested replacement words. You can select a correction from the list if the misspelled word is detected during on-the-fly checking or after a word is copied to the clipboard. The selected word is inserted into your document or copied to the clipboard (so you can paste it into it) or both (depending on your settings).

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Features of TinySpell

• Checks spelling in any Windows application, on-the-fly, or ext that is copied to the clipboard, i.e., Wordpad spell check and Notepad spell check.
• Specify applications for which tinySpell is disabled or enabled.
• Add words to the dictionary.
• Beeps on error.
• Displays a spelling tip.
• It Opens a replacements list with a simple mouse click or a hotkey.
• You can copy the selected replacement word to the clipboard.
• Optionally insert the selected replacement word into the document.

Download from the Official Website.

Conclusion:

In this article, we learned how to add a free spell checker to Notepad, Wordpad, or anything you can type in Windows. Being precise in your spelling is crucial in work and personal environments, as the smallest misspelling can completely alter the meaning you’re trying to convey. We hope you found the article to be helpful.