Language.Aspell

Constructors

type SpellChecker = ForeignPtr ()

spellChecker :: IO (Either ByteString SpellChecker)

Creates a spell checker with default options.

spellChecker = spellCheckerWithOptions []

spellCheckerWithOptions :: [ACOption] -> IO (Either ByteString SpellChecker)

Creates a spell checker with a custom set of options.

spellCheckerWithDictionary :: ByteString -> IO (Either ByteString SpellChecker)

Convenience function for specifying a dictionary.

You can determine which dictionaries are available to you with aspell dump dicts.

spellCheckerWithDictionary dict = spellCheckerWithOptions [Dictionary dict]

Using the spell checker

check :: SpellChecker -> ByteString -> Bool

Checks if a word has been spelled correctly.

suggest :: SpellChecker -> ByteString -> IO [ByteString]

Lists suggestions for misspelled words.

If the input is not misspelled according to the dictionary, returns [].