hunspell CLI spelling checker

CLI spelling checker for various languages.

Install

Install hunspell, with pkg install hunspell

Download hunspell dictionaries

• English https://github.com/marcoagpinto/aoo-mozilla-en-dict/releases/

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/

• Vietnamese https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/plain/vi/

Then copy .aff and .dic and other license files, for example

pi_PI.aff
pi_PI.dic
pi_PI_README.md

to:

/usr/share/hunspell

then restart your Terminal app.

Basic commands

• View help: hunspell -h

• To list spelling error words only:

hunspell -d pi_PI -l pali-error-file.txt

• To correct hunspell -d pi_PI pali-error-file.txt

DIY hunspell dictionaries

• Read the default dictionaries, for example, en_GB.dic and en_GB.aff to get the ideas.

The above pi_PI is my pali hunspell dictionary.

• One can create a spelling checker extension for LibreOffice easily.