How to Enable Spell Check on Android

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Last Updated: July 23, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to turn on your phone or tablet's spell checker feature, and automatically check the spelling in all the messages, notes, and other text you type, using Android.

Steps

1
Open your Android's Settings app. Find and tap the
icon on your Apps menu to open Settings.
- You can also swipe down from the top of your screen, and tap
  in the upper-right corner of your Notifications panel.
2
Scroll down and tap Languages & input on the Settings menu. This will open your language settings on a new page.
- On some versions of Android, this option may be labeled Language & keyboard or just Language.
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3
Tap Spell checker on the Languages & input menu. This will open your Android's spell checker settings.
4
Slide the switch at the top to
. This will turn on your Android's spell checker feature, and enable it for all the text you type in messages, notes, and other apps.
- If you don't see a switch on this page, tap
  to go back, and look for a switch next to the Spell checker heading on the Language menu.