# How do I "unteach" my dictionary a word?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053 "2006-11-19T18:44:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/1 "2006-11-19T18:44:24Z")

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I hit the wrong thing and “taught” my Firefox 2.0 dictionary that “inherintly” is a word. :smack:

How do I fix this? As it’s one of those words I consistently misspell, it’d be nice to redline it!

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/2 "2006-11-19T19:02:26Z")

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[Editing the Firefox 2.0 dictionary](http://www.timschmoyer.com/2006/10/28/how-to-correct-misspelled-words-added-to-firefox-20-dictionary/).

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/3 "2006-11-19T19:06:54Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/4 "2006-11-19T20:01:13Z")

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Oh thank you, thank you ,thank you, thank you …

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**Author:** ![BeachMountainQQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@BeachMountainQQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeachMountainQQ)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/5 "2006-11-20T08:15:47Z")

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also if u want do that in MS Word i think there is a file called custom.dic and u can remove the wrong word from there

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unteach-my-dictionary-a-word/381053/6 "2006-11-20T08:58:51Z")

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[QUOTE=BeachMountainQQ]  
also if u want do that in MS Word i think there is a file called custom.dic and u can remove the wrong word from there  
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i think may-b u need 2 open ur dictionary

You may have noticed we all make a little effort to use things like spelling, punctuation, and grammar on this message board. We don’t always get it right, mind you, but we do try. I’m just giving you a heads-up, because you won’t be taken too seriously if you keep using “u” instead of “you”.