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{{Short description|Spell checker for complex languages}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Hunspell
| logo                   =
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| developer              = László Németh
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q176291|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q176291|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| programming language = {{#statements:P277|from=Q176291}}
| operating system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Spell checker]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] and [[Mozilla Public License]]
| website                = {{url|//hunspell.github.io/}}
}}
'''Hunspell''' is a [[spell checker]] and [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] analyser designed for languages with rich morphology and complex [[Compound (linguistics)|word compounding]] and [[character encoding]], originally designed for the [[Hungarian language]].
Hunspell is based on [[MySpell]] and is [[backward-compatible]] with MySpell dictionaries. While MySpell uses a [[single-byte character]] encoding, Hunspell can use [[Unicode]] [[UTF-8]]-encoded dictionaries.
==Uses==
Software with Hunspell support:
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! Name
! Type
! Group
! Method
! Notes
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Google Chrome|Chrome]]
| [[Web browser]]
| [[Google]]
| ?
| <ref name="google-augments-open-source-spell-check">{{cite web|last1=Shankland|first1=Stephen|title=Google augments open-source spell-check|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/google-augments-open-source-spell-check/|website=CNET|accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]
| [[Web browser]]
| [[Google]]
| ?
| <ref name="google-augments-open-source-spell-check"/>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Empathy (software)|Empathy]]
| [[Instant messaging]]
| {{mdash}}
| [[Dynamic linking|Dynamically-linked]] [[Enchant (software)|libenchant]]
| style="background:#FFFF88;" | Issue selecting dictionaries Enchant<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sumner |first1=Kevin |title=Spell checking doesn't allow US English words when using "English" language |url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/445863 |website=Ubuntu—empathy package |accessdate=5 May 2020 |date=7 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]]
| [[Web browser]]
| [[Mozilla]]
| ?
| {{mdash}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator]]
| [[Vector graphics]]
| [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]]
| [[Static linking|Statically-linked]] libhunspell
| {{mdash}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[InDesign]]
| [[Desktop publishing]]
| [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]]
| [[Static linking|Statically-linked]] libhunspell
| Since CS5.5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.typekit.com/2011/11/04/how-to-enable-more-languages-in-indesign-cs5-5/|title=How to enable more languages in InDesign CS5.5|first=Miguel|last=Sousa|date=5 November 2011|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[gedit]]
| [[Text editor]]
| [[GNOME]]
| [[Dynamic linking|Dynamically-linked]] [[Enchant (software)|libenchant]] via GtkSpell<ref name="sourceforge.net">{{cite web|url=http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/|title=GtkSpell|website=SourceForge|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
| {{mdash}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[GroupWise]]
|
| {{mdash}}
|
| Starting in version 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novell.com/documentation/groupwise2012/gw2012_readme_full/data/gw2012_readme_full.html#bx7xpy5|title=GroupWise 2012|website=Novell|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[JetBrains#Products|JetBrains IDEs]]
| [[Integrated development environment]]
| [[JetBrains]]
| —
| ReSharper<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spellchecking {{!}} ReSharper |url=https://www.jetbrains.com/help/resharper/Spell_Checking.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=ReSharper Help |language=en-US}}</ref> & IDEs use Hunspell dictionaries<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-19 |title=Hunspell dictionaries support {{!}} The PhpStorm Blog |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2018/01/hunspell-dictionaries-support/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The JetBrains Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spellchecking {{!}} IntelliJ IDEA |url=https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/spellchecking.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=IntelliJ IDEA Help |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[.NET Framework|.NET]]
|
| {{mdash}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crawler-lib.net/nhunspell|title=NHunspell - Free Spell-Checker, Hyphenation and Thesaurus for .NET|website=Crawler-Lib|access-date=2014-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822090939/http://www.crawler-lib.net/nhunspell|archive-date=2017-08-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Origyn Web Browser]]
| [[Web browser]]
| {{mdash}}
| [[Dynamic linking|Dynamically-linked]] spellchecker.library
| Since 3.12
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Perl]]
|
| {{mdash}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Hunspell|title=Text-Hunspell-2.16 - Perl interface to the Hunspell library|website=MetaCPAN|accessdate=15 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[QuarkXPress]]
| [[Desktop publishing]]
| [[Quark (company)|Quark Software Inc.]]
| [[Static linking|Statically-linked]] libhunspell
| Since QuarkXPress 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.creationauts.com/products/spell-checker-pro-xtension/|title=Professional Spell Checker XTension for QuarkXPress|first=Arnaud|last=Lamy|date=14 August 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Scribus]]
| [[Desktop publishing]]
| {{mdash}}
| [[Dynamic linking|Dynamically-linked]] [[Enchant (software)|libenchant]]
| Since 1.4.2<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.2_Release|title=1.4.2 Release|website=Scribus Wiki|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
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==License==
Hunspell is [[free software]], distributed under the terms of a [[GNU General Public License|GPL]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] and [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] [[tri-license]].
== About the author ==
Hunspell was developed by the Hungarian biologist and free software developer László Németh. His recent job as a lead programmer is related to also free software, especially to LibreOffice. He contributes for OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice, as a code contributor since 2002 (spell checking, hyphenation etc.). He also contributes and makes patches for Hunspell spell checker with Unicode, compound word and [[agglutinative language]] support; Unicode and non-standard hyphenation; thesaurus component with stemming and suffixation; Lightproof grammar checker; Graphite versions of Linux Libertine and Biolinum fonts with extended typographical capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laszlo Nemeth — English|url=https://conference.libreoffice.org/2013/en/speaker/laszlo-nemeth.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=conference.libreoffice.org}} [[File:CC BY-SA icon.svg|50px]] Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported] (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[GNU Aspell]]
* [[Enchant (software)|Enchant]]
* [[Ispell]]
* [[MySpell]]
* [[Pspell]]
* [[Virastyar]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|//hunspell.github.io}}
*[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries OpenOffice.org spelling dictionaries]
*[http://www.openoffice.org/lingucomponent/ OpenOffice.org Lingucomponent project]
*[http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.0.2.html Release notes of OpenOffice.org 2.0.2]
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319778 Mozilla bug report: Replace MySpell with HunSpell]
*[https://forums.xmetal.com/forums/topic/obtaining-and-using-hunspell-compatible-dictionaries-with-xmetal-author/ Obtaining and Using Hunspell Compatible Dictionaries with XMetaL Author]
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[[Category:Free spelling checking programs]]
[[Category:Spell checkers]]
[[Category:Language software for Linux]]
[[Category:Language software for macOS]]
[[Category:Language software for Windows]]