autocorrecting
Fixing typos automatically
Autocorrecting is the process of automatically replacing typed text with presumed corrections—fixing spelling errors, completing words, or substituting terms deemed more likely.
Software autocorrects on phones and computers, sometimes helpfully, often infuriatingly: I wasn't autocorrecting, that's what I meant to type.
The word also describes the act of catching and fixing one's own errors mid-speech or mid-thought.
Text error detector
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- autocompleteSoftware-suggested text completion
- predictiveRelating to forecasts
- textWritten or printed words
processor · word · proofreading · formatting · clippy · suggestions · dictionary · algorithm
Bending to avoid impact
- miscorrectionErroneous emendation
- overrideCancel by authority
- undoReverse a prior action
- revertReturn to earlier condition
unwanted · intrusive · annoying · disabling · toggle · settings · fails · wrong
Incorrect written form
- typoPrinting mistake
- backspaceKeyboard's leftward eraser
- keyboardArray of input keys
- typographicalOf printed characters
error · mistake · oversight · slipup · blunder · inaccuracy · clerical · goof
Altering to improve
- amendingModifying to improve
- modifyingChanging partially
- adjustingAltering to correct
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
polishing · fixing · updating · rectifying · emending · reworking · redrafting · copyediting
spellcheck
Text error detector
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- autocompleteSoftware-suggested text completion
- predictiveRelating to forecasts
text · processor · word · proofreading · formatting · clippy · suggestions · dictionary · algorithm · smartphone
ducking
Bending to avoid impact
- miscorrectionErroneous emendation
- overrideCancel by authority
- undoReverse a prior action
revert · unwanted · intrusive · annoying · disabling · toggle · settings · fails · wrong · embarrassing
misspelling
Incorrect written form
typographical · error · mistake · oversight · slipup · blunder · inaccuracy · clerical · goof · flub
revising
Altering to improve
refining · polishing · fixing · updating · rectifying · emending · reworking · redrafting · copyediting · proofreading
correct, incorrect, correction, corrected, correcting, correctness, corrects, corrective, uncorrected