--- title: "How to handle misspellings" date: "2022-03-31T12:28:24+00:00" summary: "Discover multiple methods to find and fix misspellings on your website to improve content quality and SEO performance." image: type: "page" url: "/web-governance/how-handle-misspellings" id: "ed2d30c1-fb98-4302-9501-d77cee4bd6bc" --- Table of contents will be added Introduction ------------ There are several ways to locate and repair misspellings and potentially misspelled words. This article provides instructions on each of the methods. Note The scan disregards any `` elements when it does the spellcheck. The meta description must be checked manually. How to mark a misspelling as fixed with Content Quality ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Content Quality**. 5. Click **Misspellings**. 6. Select **Misspellings**. 7. Click **Action** on the same row as the misspelling. 8. Select **Mark as fixed** and click **Ok** on the confirmation prompt. ### When to mark a misspelling as fixed Use this option to signal to your colleagues that the issue has been resolved. Use this option: * If you want for the word to be included in subsequent scans. If the error returns, it will appear again in the misspellings list after the next scan.  * If the misspelling is actually fixed by the web team on the HTML code of the webpage. * If the error is confirmed to be a temporary known issue, for example, in an unpublished state.  Issues that you mark as Fixed are still included in future scans and can be flagged again if the error persists.  How to mark a misspelling as ignored ------------------------------------ 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Content Quality**. 5. Click **Misspellings**. 6. Select **Misspellings** or **Potential Misspellings**. 7. Click **Action** on the same row as the misspelled word. 8. Select **Ignore misspelling**. This instructs the scan to ignore this misspelled word in future scans. ### When to mark a misspelling as ignored Use this option: * For words such as proper nouns that are marked as misspellings when they are not. * If you need to ignore spelling issues on a single-page basis.  Note Ignored issues are not acknowledged by future scans. This permanently affects the compliance score, and can damage the score if the word is an actual misspelling. How to repair a misspelling with PageCorrect -------------------------------------------- 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Content Quality**. 5. Click **Misspellings**. 6. Select **Misspellings**. 7. Click **PageCorrect** on the same row as the misspelled word. 8. In the dialog box, insert the correct spelling of the word and then click **Save**. 9. Make a note of the word and the location on the page and instruct the web team to fix the word in the HTML code for the page. Important PageCorrect shows your corrections to visitors. However, you must also correct the issue in the page code to make the change permanent. How to repair a misspelling with Prioritized Pages -------------------------------------------------- This section provides steps to handle a misspelled word from the _Prioritized Pages_ view. 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Prioritized Pages**. 5. Above the list, select a filter if needed. * All * Pages * PDF Documents * Other Documents. 6. Click the number in the **Notifications** field, on the same row as a domain. The number on the button indicates how many issues are on the page. The list of notifications expands. 7. Click to select **Misspellings** in the expanded dialog. 8. Click **Action** on the same row as a misspelled word. 9. Select one of the following: * **Add to dictionary** * **Add to dictionary for all languages** * **Ignore misspelling** * **Mark as fixed** How to repair a misspelling with the Web Browser Extension ---------------------------------------------------------- Find misspelled words and their location on the page. 1. Open the website and start the **Web Browser Extension**. 2. Click to select **Content Issues** (insect icon) on the web browser extension toolbar. 3. Select **Content Quality** to expand the menu further. 4. Click **See Issues** in the _Misspellings / Potential Misspellings_ section. 5. Misspelled words are listed as either _Confirmed misspelling_ or _Potential misspelling_. 6. Use the buttons under the misspelling to: * **Add word to dictionary**: Add the word to the dictionary so that it will not be flagged as a misspelling in future scans. * **Mark as fixed**: Marks the misspelling as fixed. It will be included in subsequent scans and if the error returns, it will appear again in the misspelled words list. Select this option when the error is actually fixed by the web team on the HTML code of the webpage, or if it is a temporary (for example, in an unpublished state) known issue. * **Mark as ignored**: Ignore the misspelling. Use this option if you know the word is, in fact, OK (for example, a proper noun). Ignored misspellings are not included in subsequent scans and will not show up as misspelled words. * **View HTML**: Opens the HTML section and highlights the location of the misspelling. * **Highlight on the page**: Highlights the misspelled word on the page. 7. Select the misspelled word for the option to look it up in _Google_. For more information, read [Web Governance Browser Extension](/node/58711/). How to mark a misspelling as ignored ------------------------------------ 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Content Quality**. 5. Click **Misspellings**. 6. Select **Misspellings**. 7. Click **Action** on the same row as the misspelling. 8. Select **Ignore misspelling**. 9. Click **Ok** on the confirmation prompt. ### When to mark a misspelling as ignored This option instructs the scan to permanently ignore this misspelling. For best results, use this option: * If a word is incorrectly marked as a misspelling * If you wish to  ignore spelling issues on a single-page basis Issues that are set to Ignore are permanently omitted from future scans and compliance scores.  Tip! Add the word to the dictionary so that the scan will recognize it as correct. For more information, read [How to add, edit, and delete Dictionary words](/node/99656). How to restore an ignored misspelling ------------------------------------- 1. Log in to your Web Governance account. 2. Select the domain that you want to work with. 3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible. 4. Click **Content Quality** to expand the menu. 5. Click **Misspellings**. 6. Select **Ignored Misspellings**. 7. On the same row as a misspelling in the list, select **Unignore Misspelling**. How to add a word to the Dictionary ----------------------------------- Use this option to add a word that the scan consistently flags as a misspelling, but which is acceptable for your organization. For more information, read [How to add, edit, and delete Dictionary words](/node/99656).