{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "aspell", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aspell/1/json", "generated": "2026-06-02T21:25:57Z", "synopsis": "aspell [options] ", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "aspell - interactive spell checker\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "aspell [options] \n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "aspell is a utility program that connects to the Aspell library so that it can function as an\nispell -a replacement, as an independent spell checker, as a test utility to test out Aspell\nlibrary features, and as a utility for managing dictionaries used by the library.\n\nThe Aspell library contains an interface allowing other programs direct access to its func‐\ntions and therefore reducing the complex task of spell checking to simple library calls. The\ndefault library does not contain dictionary word lists. To add language dictionaries, please\ncheck your distro first for modified dictionaries, otherwise look here for base language dic‐\ntionaries .\n\nThe following information describes the commands and options used by the Aspell Utility.\n\nThis manual page is maintained separately from the official documentation so it may be out of\ndate or incomplete. The official documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. See the\n`aspell' entry in info for more complete documentation.\n", "subsections": [] }, "COMMANDS": { "content": " is one of:\n\nusage, -?\nSend a brief Aspell Utility usage message to standard output. This is a short summary\nlisting more common spell-check commands and options.\n\nhelp Send a detailed Aspell Utility help message to standard output. This is a complete\nlist showing all commands, options, filters and dictionaries.\n\nversion, -v\nPrint version number of Aspell Library and Utility to standard output.\n\ncheck , -c \nSpell-check a single file.\n\npipe, -a\nRun Aspell in ispell -a compatibility mode.\n\nlist Produce a list of misspelled words from standard input.\n\n[dump] config\nDump all current configuration options to standard output.\n\nconfig \nSend the current value of to standard output.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "soundslike", "content": "Output the soundslike equivalent of each word entered.\n\nmunch Generate possible root words and affixes from an input list of words.\n\nexpand [1-4]\nExpands the affix flags of each affix compressed word entered.\n\nclean [strict]\nCleans an input word list so that every line is a valid word.\n\nmunch-list [simple] [single|multi] [keep]\nReduce the size of a word list via affix compression.\n\nconv []\nConverts one encoding another.\n\nnorm (| ) []\nPerform Unicode normalization.\n\n[dump] dicts|filters|modes\nLists available dictionaries, filters, or modes.\n\ndump|create|merge master|personal|repl \ndump, create, or merge a master, personal, or replacement word list.\n" } ] }, "DICTIONARY OPTIONS": { "content": "The following options may be used to control which dictionaries to use and how they behave.\n\n--master=, -d \nBase name of the dictionary to use. If this option is specified then Aspell will ei‐\nther use this dictionary or die.\n\n--dict-dir=\nLocation of the main dictionary word list.\n\n--lang=, -l \nLanguage to use. It follows the same format of the LANG environmental variable on\nmost systems. It consists of the two letter ISO 639 language code and an optional two\nletter ISO 3166 country code after a dash or underscore. The default value is based\non the value of the LCMESSAGES locale.\n\n--size=\nThe preferred size of the dictionary word list. This consists of a two char digit\ncode describing the size of the list, with typical values of: 10=tiny, 20=really\nsmall, 30=small, 40=med-small, 50=med, 60=med-large, 70=large, 80=huge, 90=insane.\n\n--variety=\nAny extra information to distinguish this variety of dictionary from other dictionar‐\nies which may have the same lang and size.\n\n--jargon=\nPlease use the variety option since it replaces jargon as a better choice. jargon\nwill be removed in the future.\n\n--word-list-path=\nSearch path for word list information files.\n\n--personal=, -p \nPersonal word list file name.\n\n--repl=\nReplacements list file name.\n\n--extra-dicts=\nExtra dictionaries to use.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "--ignore-accents", "content": "This option is not yet implemented.\n", "long": "--ignore-accents" } ] }, "CHECKER OPTIONS": { "content": "These options control the behavior of Aspell when checking documents.\n\n--ignore=, -W \nIgnore words <= characters in length.\n\n--ignore-case, --dont-ignore-case\nIgnore case when checking words.\n\n--ignore-repl, --dont-ignore-repl\nIgnore commands to store replacement pairs.\n\n--save-repl, --dont-save-repl\nSave the replacement word list on save all.\n\n--sug-mode=\nSuggestion = ultra|fast|normal|bad-spellers\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILTER OPTIONS": { "content": "These options modify the behavior of the various filters.\n\n--add-filter=, --rem-filter=\nAdd or remove a filter.\n\n--add-filter-path=, --rem-filter-path=\nAdd or remove paths searched for filters.\n\n--mode=, -e, -H, -t, -n\nSets the filter mode. Mode is one of none, url, email, html, tex or nroff. The al‐\nternative shortcut options are '-e' for email, '-H' for Html/Sgml, '-t' for Tex or\n'-n' for Nroff.\n\n--encoding=\nencoding the document is expected to be in. The default depends on the current lo‐\ncale.\n\n--add-email-quote=, --rem-email-quote=\nAdd or Remove a list of email quote characters.\n\n--email-margin=\nNumber of chars that can appear before the quote char.\n\n--add-html-check=, --rem-html-check=\nAdd or remove a list of HTML attributes to always check. For example, look inside\nalt= tags.\n\n--add-html-skip=, --rem-html-skip=\nAdd or remove a list of HTML attributes to always skip while spell checking.\n\n--add-sgml-check=, --rem-sgml-check=\nAdd or remove a list of SGML attributes to always check for spelling.\n\n--add-sgml-skip=, --rem-sgml-skip=\nAdd or remove a list of SGML attributes to always skip while spell checking.\n\n--sgml-extension=\nSGML file extensions.\n\n--tex-check-comments, --dont-tex-check-comments\nCheck TeX comments.\n\n--add-tex-command=, --rem-tex-command=\nAdd or Remove a list of TeX commands.\n", "subsections": [] }, "RUN-TOGETHER WORD OPTIONS": { "content": "These may be used to control the behavior of run-together words.\n\n--run-together, --dont-run-together, -C, -B\nConsider run-together words valid.\n\n--run-together-limit=\nMaximum number of words that can be strung together.\n\n--run-together-min=\nMinimal length of interior words.\n", "subsections": [] }, "MISC OPTIONS": { "content": "Miscellaneous options that don't fall under any other category.\n\n--conf=\nMain configuration file. This file overrides Aspell's global defaults.\n\n--conf-dir=\nLocation of main configuration file.\n\n--data-dir=\nLocation of language data files.\n\n--keyboard=\nUse this keyboard layout for suggesting possible words. These spelling errors happen\nif a user accidentally presses a key next to the intended correct key.\n\n--local-data-dir=\nAlternative location of language data files. This directory is searched before\ndata-dir.\n\n--home-dir=\nDirectory Location for personal wordlist files.\n\n--per-conf=\nPersonal configuration file. This file overrides options found in the global config\nfile.\n", "subsections": [] }, "ASPELL UTILITY OPTIONS": { "content": "These options are part of the aspell Utility and work independently of the library.\n\n--backup, --dont-backup, -b, -x\nThe aspell utility creates a backup file by making a copy and appending .bak to file\nname. This only applies when the command is check and the backup file is only\ncreated if any spelling modifications take place.\n\n--byte-offsets, --dont-byte-offsets\nUse byte offsets instead of character offsets.\n\n--guess, --dont-guess, -m, -P\nCreate missing root/affix combinations not in the dictionary in pipe mode.\n\n--keymapping=aspell, --keymapping=ispell\nThe keymapping to use, either aspell for the default mapping or ispell to use the same\nmapping that the Ispell utility uses.\n\n--reverse, --dont-reverse\nReverse the order of the suggestions list in pipe mode.\n\n--suggest, --dont-suggest\nSuggest possible replacements in pipe mode. If false, Aspell will simply report the\nmisspelling and make no attempt at suggestions or possible corrections.\n\n--time, --dont-time\nTime the load time and suggest a time in pipe mode.\n\nIn addition Aspell will try to make sense out of Ispell's command line options so that it can\nfunction as a drop in replacement for Ispell. If Aspell is run without any command line op‐\ntions it will display a brief help screen and quit.\n", "subsections": [] }, "CONFIGURATION": { "content": "Aspell can accept options via global or personal configuration files so that you do not need\nto specify them each time at the command line. The default global configuration file is\n/etc/aspell.conf or another file specified by option --conf and is checked first. The de‐\nfault per user configuration file ~/.aspell.conf located in the $HOME directory (or another\nfile specified by option --per-conf) is checked next and overrides options set in the global\nconfig file. Options specified at either the command line or via an environmental variable\noverride those specified by either configuration file.\n\nEach line of the configuration file has the format:\n\noption [value]\n\nwhere option is any one of the standard library options above without the leading dashes.\nFor example the following line will set the default language to Swiss German:\n\nlang deCH\n\nThere may be any number of spaces between the option and the value, however it can only be\nspaces, i.e. there is no '=' between the option name and the value. Comments may also be in‐\ncluded by preceding them with a '#' as anything from a '#' to a newline is ignored. Blank\nlines are also allowed. The /etc/aspell.conf file is a good example of how to set these op‐\ntions and the Aspell Manual has more detailed info.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "aspell-import(1), prezip-bin(1), run-with-aspell(1), word-list-compress(1)\n\nAspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual. See the `aspell' entry in info for more\ncomplete documentation.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SUPPORT": { "content": "Support for Aspell can be found on the Aspell mailing lists. Instructions for joining the\nvarious mailing lists (and an archive of them) can be found off the Aspell home page at\n. Bug reports should be submitted via GitHub Issues rather than being\nposted to the mailing lists.\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHOR": { "content": "This manual page was written by Brian Nelson based on the Aspell User's\nManual, Copyright © 2002 Kevin Atkinson. Updated Nov 2006 by Jose Da Silva , and Dec 2006 by Kevin Atkinson .\n\n\n\n\nGNU 2006-12-10 ASPELL(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "aspell - interactive spell checker", "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "aspell-import", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aspell-import/1/json" }, { "name": "prezip-bin", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/prezip-bin/1/json" }, { "name": "run-with-aspell", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/run-with-aspell/1/json" }, { "name": "word-list-compress", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/word-list-compress/1/json" } ], "tldr": { "source": "official", "description": "Interactive spell checker.", "examples": [ { "description": "Spell check a single file", "command": "aspell check {{path/to/file}}" }, { "description": "List misspelled words from `stdin`", "command": "cat {{path/to/file}} | aspell list" }, { "description": "Show available dictionary languages", "command": "aspell dicts" }, { "description": "Run `aspell` with a different language (takes two-letter ISO 639 language code)", "command": "aspell --lang {{cs}}" }, { "description": "List misspelled words from `stdin` and ignore words from personal word list", "command": "cat {{path/to/file}} | aspell --personal {{personal-word-list.pws}} list" } ] } }