auto-correct
Typing error repair
Auto-correct is a software feature that automatically fixes perceived spelling or typing errors as you write.
It catches genuine mistakes but also notoriously replaces intended words with unintended ones, creating embarrassing or nonsensical messages: Auto-correct changed "coming" to "cuming" in my text to grandma.
The term also works as a verb: My phone auto-corrected "duck" to something inappropriate.
Printing mistake
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- duckingBending to avoid impact
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- misfireFailure to discharge
wrong word · fail · blunder · awkward · unintended · replacement · glitch · mishap
Text error detector
- autocompleteSoftware-suggested text completion
- predictive textAlgorithm suggesting likely words
- keyboardArray of input keys
- typingEntering text via keyboard
algorithm · smartphone · software · dictionary · word processor · iOS · Android · suggestion
Bending to avoid impact
- memeShared online humor
- screenshotCaptured display image
- viralSpreading quickly online
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
text message · comedy · embarrassing · unintentional · innuendo · gaffe · social media · joke
Exchange of one for another
- predictionForecast of coming events
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
corpus · machine learning · natural language processing · word boundary · morphology · syntax · algorithm · training data
typo
Printing mistake
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- duckingBending to avoid impact
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
misfire · wrong word · fail · blunder · awkward · unintended · replacement · glitch · mishap · inappropriate
spellcheck
Text error detector
- autocompleteSoftware-suggested text completion
- predictive textAlgorithm suggesting likely words
- keyboardArray of input keys
typing · algorithm · smartphone · software · dictionary · word processor · iOS · Android · suggestion · settings
ducking
Bending to avoid impact
- memeShared online humor
- screenshotCaptured display image
- viralSpreading quickly online
funny · text message · comedy · embarrassing · unintentional · innuendo · gaffe · social media · joke · LOL
substitution
Exchange of one for another
- predictionForecast of coming events
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- frequencyRate of recurrence
dictionary · corpus · machine learning · natural language processing · word boundary · morphology · syntax · algorithm · training data · language model
- settingssetting, default, settings, template, configure
- app featurestap, swipe, scroll, pinch, zoom
- OCROCR, character recognition, image to text, digitization, handwriting recognition
- automationmacros, macro, hotkeys, PLCs, scripts
- live datalive feeds, live streaming, data streams, live scores, telemetry
- writing tipsshow don't tell, brevity, conciseness, clarity, flow