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Fix misspelled words
There are several ways to locate and repair misspellings and potentially misspelled words. This article provides instructions on each of the methods.
This section provides instructions on how to identify and repair misspelled words with PageCorrect.
Click Select Domain to expand the Domains list.
Select the domain to open.
Alternatively, from the Domain Overview page, click Open on the same row as the domain name.
The Dashboard for the domain opens.
Click List from the menu on the left side of the page. The PageCorrect Content page opens.
Select the Spelling filter above the results list.
Filters also include:
Custom.
The table has the fields:
Click Action on the same row as an issue.
The menu expands with the following options:
Select Update. A dialog opens.
Click Save. The dialog closes.
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List misspelled words and potentially misspelled words, Ignore, or mark as Fixed with the Prioritized Content module.
Click Select Domain to expand the Domains list.
Select the domain to open.
Alternatively, from the Domain Overview page, click Open on the same row as the domain name.
The Dashboard for the domain opens.
Click Prioritized Content (the bell icon), on the menu bar.
The Prioritized Content page opens.
The menu expands with the following options:
Mark as Ignored: Use this option if links are incorrectly marked as broken.
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Find misspelled words and their location on the page.
Open the website and start the Web Browser Extension.
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Click to select Content Issues (insect icon) on the web browser extension toolbar.
The menu expands.
Select Quality Assurance to expand the menu further.
The issues list opens.
List misspellings and potential misspellings, add words to the dictionary, Ignore, or mark as Fixed with the Quality Assurance module.
Click Select Domain to expand the Domains list.
Select the domain to open.
Alternatively, from the Domain Overview page, click Open on the same row as the domain name.
The Dashboard for the domain opens.
Click Quality Assurance (the checkbox icon), on the toolbar.
The Quality Assurance page opens.
Click from the menu on the left side of the page.
Add to dictionary: Approve this spelling and add it to the language dictionary so that future scans will not flag it as misspelled.
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Add to dictionary for all languages: Approve this spelling (product names, for example) and add it to the language dictionary for all languages so that future scans do not flag it as misspelled.
For more instructions, visit Quality Assurance -> Dictionary.
To ignore all other issues on a domain level.
The Dictionary allows users to add frequently-used words that the spellcheck consistently flags as misspelled words or potentially misspelled words to the scan. Words that are added to the dictionary are ignored by the scan, and can be an easy way to prevent recurring flagged words.
For more information, visit Quality Assurance -> Dictionary.
Above the list, select a filter if needed.
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.
The number on each row of this expanded menu indicates how many of each particular issue are on the URL.
Click to select Misspellings.
The Misspellings page opens.
Misspelled words are listed as either Confirmed misspelling or Potential misspelling.
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.
Select the misspelled word for the option to look it up in Google.
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The menu expands with the following options:
Ignored issues will not be factored into future scans, and this permanently affects the compliance score.
Mark as fixed: Marks the misspelled word as fixed. It will be included in subsequent scans and if the error returns, it will appear again in the broken links list. Select this option when the misspelled word 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.
For more information, visit Quality Assurance -> Spellcheck.
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Above the list, select a filter if needed.
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.
The number on each row of this expanded menu indicates how many of each particular issue are on the URL.
Click to select Misspellings.
The Misspellings page opens.
Misspelled words are listed as either Confirmed misspelling or Potential misspelling.
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.
Select the misspelled word for the option to look it up in Google.
For more information, visit Web browser extension.
The menu expands with the following options:
Ignored issues will not be factored into future scans, and this permanently affects the compliance score.
Mark as fixed: Marks the misspelled word as fixed. It will be included in subsequent scans and if the error returns, it will appear again in the broken links list. Select this option when the misspelled word 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.
For more information, visit Quality Assurance -> Spellcheck.
If this content did not answer your questions, try searching or contacting our support team for further assistance.
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