Misspelled words not detected
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Product: Sentry Spelling Checker Engine Java SDK
Problem: The Sentry does not report certain words as misspelled, even when you know them to be misspelled. This happens when you call SpellingSession's check method.
Causes: This problem can be caused by various conditions:
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If the unreported words are capitalized, make sure the IGNORE_CAPPED_WORD_OPT option is disabled. When this option is enabled, the check method automatically skips over capitalized words (e.g., Wintertree) without checking them, so they will not be reported as misspellings. Similarly, if the words are in all-caps (e.g., WINTERTREE), make sure IGNORE_ALL_CAPS_WORDS_OPT is disabled, and if they contain mixed upper and lower case (e.g., WinterTree) make sure IGNORE_MIXED_DIGITS_OPT is disabled. (Alternatively, you can leave these options enabled, but be aware that they may cause misspelled words to be missed.)
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Unless you are checking German or Finnish text using Wintertree Software's German or Finnish dictionary, make sure SPLIT_WORDS_OPT is disabled. If this option is enabled, the check method will consider a word valid if it consists of two or more valid sub-words concatenated (e.g., winterhamster).
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Make sure you have main dictionary files in only one language open. For example, don't open the American English and French dictionaries at the same time in the same SpellingSession object. If dictionaries for more than one language are open, misspelled words in one language that happen to match words in the other language will not be reported as misspellings.
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If only one misspelled word goes unreported, but most misspelled words are reported, the word may exist in an open dictionary. Try closing dictionaries one by one until the suspect word is reported to identify the dictionary containing the word.
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