Bug 152554 - Spell Check Does a poor job of selecting suggested replacements (disside doesn't suggest decide)
Summary: Spell Check Does a poor job of selecting suggested replacements (disside does...
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Linguistic (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: low normal
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Blocks: Spell-Checking
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Reported: 2022-12-16 17:02 UTC by kitchm
Modified: 2025-10-03 13:23 UTC (History)
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Description kitchm 2022-12-16 17:02:37 UTC
Description:
When selecting to spell check, a word is not very well recognized.  It is assumed that the algorithm and/or the dictionary depth is not sufficient to do the job.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Select to spell-check a word such as "disside".  (Should be "decide")
2.The return is poorly chosen and does not offer the proper word.
3.

Actual Results:
Poor choice of substitute words was returned.

Expected Results:
Should have more word choices in dictionary.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.2.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 49f2b1bff42cfccbd8f788c8dc32c1c309559be0
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Debian Bullseye with Xfce 4.16
Comment 1 Ezinne 2022-12-17 09:11:42 UTC
I can reproduce the report in the:

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4e4a31ac7d920c71e26ca4acd18c11ec2bd015bb
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

In my opinion, this is not a bug. The spellchecker suggests words that are very similar (in spelling) to the typed word, "disside".

As "Disside" and "decide" have different alphabetical spellings, spell checkers attempt to find words more similarly spelled as the typed word, "disside".
Comment 2 kitchm 2022-12-20 20:51:13 UTC
I guess I would have expected a spell checker to list "decide" as an optional word choice.  It it does not even show up, I see that as a bug.
Comment 3 Shantanu 2025-09-28 05:41:26 UTC
In my opinion, this is not a bug. 
Even if it were considered one, it pertains to Hunspell and is not related to LibreOffice.
Comment 4 kitchm 2025-09-28 13:13:11 UTC
I guess there are a lot of people who feel as you do.  I only know that coming from premier word processors like WordPerfect on Windows, so many of us were used to having accurate word spell check with more appropriate word choice results.  Sometimes it pays to have better software, but on Linux there appears to be no premium spell check even available for purchase.  This represents a serious problem.
Comment 5 Justin L 2025-10-03 13:23:20 UTC
same thing in OOo 3.3 = inherited from OOo.