How to add words to Atom's spell checker dictionary?

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CheeseFry picture CheeseFry · Mar 25, 2016 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

Trying to get a bit more functionality out of Atom's spell checker and right now the false positives are making it less than useful.

How can I add a word to Atom's dictionary so it no longer shows up as misspelled?

Answer

Flávio Camilo picture Flávio Camilo · Jan 28, 2017

This feature was released in version 1.12 of Atom, implemented in Pull Request #120.

To enable it, checkmark the option labeled Add Known Words, found in Packages -> Settings View -> Open, or shortcut Cmd + ,. Then go to Packages tab and search for spell-check.

Then, to add a word to the builtin dictionary, press cmd-shift-: while the cursor is on the misspelled word and select the item named Add to Known Words.

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