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Johan Bové

Johan Bové

Using Spell Checking in Vim | Linux.com | The source for Linux information

Didn't know Vim did spell checking!

Start the spell checker

:set spell spelllang=en_us

Stop the spell checker

:set nospell

To move to a misspelled word, use ]s and [s

Once the cursor is on the word, use z=, and Vim will suggest a list of alternatives that it thinks may be correct.