# What words have you added to spellcheck?

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**Created:** [September 29, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016 "2005-09-29T14:22:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/21 "2005-09-29T18:08:58Z")

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> [@mr bus guy](#):
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> Excellent question, where do you find this?

In Word, go to Tools --\> Options. Click the “Spelling & Grammar” tab. Click 'custom dictionaries. Click modify.

Tada!

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/22 "2005-09-29T18:16:56Z")

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> [@NinjaChick](#):
>
> In Word, go to Tools → Options. Click the “Spelling & Grammar” tab. Click 'custom dictionaries. Click modify.
> 
> Tada!

Cool, thanks!

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/23 "2005-09-29T19:18:52Z")

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alta  
amphitheatre  
armoury  
behaviour  
cheque  
cheques  
cherubic  
coloured  
colours  
commissionaire  
demeanour  
endeavour  
endeavoured  
esthetically  
favour  
favourable  
favoured  
favourite  
favours  
fulfil  
harbour  
honour  
honourable  
honourably  
honoured  
humoured  
ibm  
labour  
labourer  
labours  
learnt  
licence  
manoeuvering  
manoeuvres  
misdemeanour  
moustaches  
n’er  
neighbour  
neighbourhood  
neighbouring  
odourless  
offence  
ont  
parlour  
parlours  
pennyworth  
practising  
programme  
résumé  
rpm  
skilfully  
splendour  
tuners  
unfavourable  
unfavourably  
wistfulness

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/24 "2005-09-29T19:23:48Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> My entire name. :rolleyes:

Ditto. And my employer name. That’s it.

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/25 "2005-09-29T19:37:58Z")

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You can also find the file as a text file in …Application Data \> Microsoft \> Proof.

AccuWeather  
Aftercooler  
accu  
Belvidere  
Bora  
CCA  
CDL  
CDL’s  
Clemmer  
Crossview  
CUSD  
clientsite  
DAC  
Deerbrook  
dammit  
EEOC  
ELEM  
eqpt  
eggos  
et.seq  
Fagel  
fella  
flr  
Grainco  
H.D  
Haber  
Haffner  
Hatworld  
Hatworld’s  
ICC  
Ill.Rev.Stat  
JW  
Kingsbrook  
Latonya  
Lessor  
Ln  
Lothrop  
Mazon  
MOHMS  
Mustain  
MVR  
middays  
Pittroff  
PSI  
QuickStart  
RIF  
Richlee  
Ridership  
Rosene  
Sales’s  
SBP  
[SchoolDude.com](http://SchoolDude.com)’s  
Septran  
Sikora  
Sorbent  
STSC  
Stepwell  
Transpec  
TripDirect  
Troon  
tollway  
unrepaired  
VersaTrans  
Versatrans  
VIN  
Walkable  
Windcrest  
Yuknis

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/26 "2005-09-29T20:01:40Z")

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I don’t have a list (and I often don’t add these) but it’d be mostly chemical names and terms. Lovely words like tricyclo[6.2.2.0[sup]1,6[/sup]]dodecan-1(6)-en-7-one

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/27 "2005-11-23T02:35:06Z")

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choledocholithiasis, bovied. Gah. I hate my job sometimes. Okay, I hate my job most of the time.

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/28 "2005-11-23T09:35:13Z")

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**Rochdale**. It’s a town in Greater Manchester. But the spellcheck suggested “Rectal” - which perhaps has its merits, as anyone who has been there may testify.

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/29 "2005-11-23T12:31:56Z")

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I don’t have my work list here at home, but it contains whoppers like endoscopic, cholangiopancreatography (which I hope I spelled correctly here), and the like.

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/30 "2005-11-23T13:21:32Z")

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asap  
bday  
ew  
Featherbottom  
focaccia  
Guelph  
hirings  
jammies  
loonie  
planograms  
rotini  
Sectoral  
snarked  
snarkily  
soffits  
tourtiere  
worksharing  
Yonge

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/31 "2005-11-23T16:46:46Z")

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A snip of mine - I’m amazed that Word is so stupid about basic Unix terms that they’re not in the dictionary to begin with.  
BoKS  
boolean  
Citrix  
chmod  
craigslist  
cron  
DBA  
eBay  
filmon  
Google  
gid  
grep  
hostgroup  
Keepe  
Keon  
PayPal  
PeopleSoft  
Pointsec  
PowerBroker  
passcode  
SecurID  
ssh  
su  
suexec  
sysadmin  
tnsnames.ora  
tokencode  
uid  
userclass  
websphere  
weblogic

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/32 "2005-11-23T17:53:46Z")

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Wow, I didn’t realize I had added so many, here’s a partially expurgated list from work:

#LID 0  
5,5,5,-trifluoro-DL-leucine  
Balling  
Brewhouse  
Brewmasters  
Brix  
Butterfield’s  
CFU’s  
Cl  
ClO2  
DPD  
FTU’s  
Fermenter  
Glucan  
Glucans  
Glycine  
Hefeweizen  
Hydrohops  
Leinenkugel’s  
Leinie’s  
Lite  
Pabst  
Pasteurizer  
Rhinelander  
SO2  
Shorewood  
Siebel  
Spasibo  
SUBA  
Unitank  
VDK  
Weihenstephan  
Yeastex  
alcohols  
assimilable  
caproate  
colorwheel  
condensate  
diacetyl  
estery  
fermentations  
glycine  
growler  
hexanoate  
isoamyl  
isobutyl  
isomerized  
kilning  
lautering  
loadings  
mc  
ml  
millipore  
nm  
ppm  
sparging  
swm  
tntc  
touchscreen  
trub  
weizen  
whitetail  
wort

Obviously Word is not familiar with many brewing terms

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/33 "2005-11-23T21:52:55Z")

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Interesting concept. I didn’t remember adding so many. I don’t remember doing so very much writing about musicians, either.  
And how is my name not here?  
Abraxas  
Ade  
Aerosmith  
Ain’t  
Aire  
Aja  
Akkerman  
Albemuth  
Allgood  
Allman  
Amorica  
Ann.Ed.  
Arlo  
addy  
afuche  
amitri  
Bamada  
Bandido  
Bardens  
Befour  
Bela  
Bellaphon  
Blackwater  
Bloodbeat  
Bonamassa  
Bonaroo  
Bonnaroo  
Borboletta  
Bramblett  
Bramhall  
Brickell  
Bruford  
Buckethead  
Buffett  
Byrds  
Cactology  
Candlebox  
Cartney  
Chaquico  
Checkfield  
Ciani  
Clapton  
Cobham  
Coldplay  
Colour  
Coltrane  
Conners  
Corea  
Coryell  
Creach  
Creedence  
Criner  
Croakin  
Crowes  
Deguello  
Denice  
Deodato  
Di  
Doobie  
Doy  
djembe  
doin’  
Ebbet’s  
Ecstacy  
Edvard  
Ekoostik  
Eldorado  
Elektrik  
Em  
Eminem  
Enya  
Erpland  
Ethridge  
e  
Fagen  
Fairweather  
Farah  
Fatboy  
Ferrin  
Firesign  
Flecktones  
Fordham  
Fotheringay  
Frampton  
Frogwings  
Funkadelic  
Gambale  
Garfunkel  
Gatton  
Gaudi  
Gaye  
Gazeuse  
Geddy  
Gilmour  
Google  
Googling  
Gov’t  
Graceland  
Graeme  
Grebenshikov  
Greig  
Greyboy  
Groovefest  
Gurvitz  
Gypsys  
gotta  
H’way  
Habib  
Habla  
Halen  
Harum  
Hawkwind  
Headkeeper  
Headseed  
Heep  
Hempilation  
Herbie  
Hittin  
Holst  
Homebelly  
Hootie  
Hornsby  
Huffamoose  
hunh  
Icarus  
Indianism  
Ingenue  
Itunes  
Izzy  
i  
Jarre  
Jayhawks  
Jenni  
Jethro  
Jimi  
Jonny  
Kamakiriad  
Kickin  
Kiko  
Kinison  
Koerner  
Koite  
Kooper  
Kottke  
k.d  
kinda  
koan  
koto  
Ladyland  
Lanz  
Launchpad  
Lavitz  
Layla  
Leftoverture  
Lesh  
Lief  
Liquidos  
Liza  
Lizzy  
Loggins  
Lovedrive  
Lovemongers  
Lynyrd  
lang  
Mahavishnu  
Malmsteen  
Malo  
Mana  
Mandala  
Maskela  
Medeski  
Mellencamp  
Meniere’s  
Meola  
Metheney  
Milagro  
Moby  
Mondatta  
Montreaux  
Moodswings  
Moondance  
Moonfood  
Moontan  
Muldaur  
Musicom  
Musiquarium  
moe  
mp3  
Nektar  
Nevermind  
Nite  
Oldfield  
Oxygene  
Ozomatli  
Ozric  
Pensyl  
Phish  
Playin  
Poco  
Ponty  
Porcaro  
Prescence  
Prine  
Procul  
Purpendicular  
Quarterflash  
Raitt  
Raunch  
Revell  
Ritenour  
Rockin  
Rolie  
Roxy  
Rundgren  
Rundgren’s  
Rythmeen  
roto  
Sade  
Sarmiento  
Satriani  
Saucerful  
Schon  
Screamin  
Seapods  
Searchin  
Seger  
Serrie  
Shadowdance  
Shadowfax  
Shakti  
Shango  
Shepards  
Shinin  
Sittin  
Skynyrd  
Smokin  
Sopwith  
Soulive  
Soundgarden  
Spartacus  
Speedwagon  
Spheeris  
Steppenwolf  
Steppin  
Stevie  
Stich  
Stormbringer  
Storyville  
Stradlin  
Strangefolk  
Strangeitude  
Strategem  
Strunz  
Stuermer  
Subdudes  
Suenos  
Sugarcrash  
Summoner’s  
Suncrush  
Supertramp  
Superunknown  
Sweetnighter  
snopes  
Takin  
Tamerlane  
Tchokola  
Tedeschi  
Til  
Tingri  
Tipitina’s  
Tirami  
Townshend  
Tres  
Triumvirat  
Trower  
Tull  
tao  
Ummagumma  
Uninvisible  
Uriah  
Vai  
Vanelli  
Ver  
Vertu  
Vol  
Vollenweider  
Wakeman  
Welnick  
Who’da  
Wingful  
Winterland  
Wylde  
Ya  
Yer  
Yessongs  
Yesyears  
Yngwie  
Zakk  
Zappa  
Zebop  
Zenyatta  
Zilla  
Zzzvarious

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I think we can reconstruct the topic of a paper from this list:  
Aalst  
Absalon  
Adornes  
Adventus  
Anastasis  
Annas  
Arent  
Arent’s  
Arimathea  
Arma  
Artois  
arma  
avant  
Baroncelli  
Baxandall  
Begijnhof  
Brabantine  
Breda  
Bruegel  
Burgundian  
beguinage  
blijde  
Caiphas  
Candlemas  
Carruthers  
Carthusian  
Cedron  
Christus  
Cleophas  
Crucis  
christi  
claustral  
commemoratio  
copia  
crucis  
curated  
Dalmatia  
Deo  
Devotio  
Devotionalists  
Dieric  
Donderdag  
Duomo  
Dürer  
dat  
dendrochronology  
depositio  
der  
diegetic  
dolorossa  
domini  
donatrix  
ductus  
Elona  
Excelsis  
Eyck  
een  
elevatio  
ende  
esbatementen  
esset  
Fronleichnamsfest  
Gesamtkunstwerk  
Ghistele  
Ghistele’s  
Giotto  
Greverade  
garde  
Haarlem  
Hansa  
Heiligbloedprocessie  
hulpmiddelen  
hulpmiddeln  
imitatio  
inkomst  
intertextual  
Jaffa  
Jehoshaphat  
Jeruzalemkapel  
Jeruzalemkerk  
Joos  
Josaphat  
Kinesthesis  
Kruis  
Kunst  
kinesthesis  
kruisweg  
Leiden  
Leuven  
Lier  
Lille  
Longinus  
Lübeck  
locational  
locationally  
Malchus  
Mameluk  
Marys  
Mechelen  
Meester  
Memling  
Memling’s  
Moderna  
Mons  
Moriah  
mensa  
mise  
Netherlandish  
Noster  
narratological  
narratology  
Onze  
Oosterlingen  
Oratorial  
Osanna  
Oudenaarde  
obscura  
ogival  
ommegang  
ommegangen  
ons  
orientalizing  
orthogonals  
Pater  
Pax  
Portinari  
Processionale  
para  
patinized  
performative  
periegetic  
platea  
polychromed  
polyptych  
predella  
processie  
processionalized  
processionally  
Rhenish  
Rogier  
rederijker  
rederijkers  
reflectography  
reliefs  
Sacramentsdag  
Salvator  
Schelde  
Simultanbild  
Simultanbilder  
Sint  
Sion  
Smet  
Smet’s  
s’Hertogenbosch  
si  
staffage  
stational  
stellages  
stellagien  
synoptics  
Tommaso  
Tommaso’s  
Tongeren  
Tournai  
tau  
tenebrism  
ter  
theophoric  
transiat  
Ulm  
Umgange  
Vobis  
Vos  
vanitas  
versicle  
versicles  
visualizer  
vivants  
Wereld  
Weyden  
Willemszoon  
Willemszoon’s

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/35 "2005-11-23T23:14:01Z")

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Wye dew yew knead spellcheck?

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