Is there a way to spell check words?

Chloe Bennett
Chloe Bennett Member
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Hi, I've been asked to spell check words in a dataset - is this possible? The words will be in free text fields or drop down menus. I know I can validate data types but what would be the best way to perform a spell check?

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  • Josh Boxer
    Josh Boxer Administrator

    Hello,

    If there are common misspellings (or those in dropdown lists) you could maintain a lookup reference list to replace specific words that are often misspelt in the dataset.

    I dont know how large the dataset is or how many misspellings there are, but a quick google returns some APIs that can spell check like this one https://api-ninjas.com/api/spellcheck or this one https://serpapi.com/spell-check Aperture's SDK allows you to call out to APIs, so you could create a custom step to submit the text and get the corrected response.

    Just wondering how it would scale though, would you be happy to automatically accept these corrections without them being reviewed?

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