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Mini Spell Checker

A lightweight spell checker extension designed for legacy Visual Studio Code and VSCode-like editors.

Key Benefits

• Compatible with older VSCode engine versions (1.45.0+)
• Works with VSCode-like editors (e.g. WeChat Developer Tools)
• Minimal dependencies and lightweight implementation
• Perfect for environments where mainstream spell checkers cannot be installed

Features

• Real-time spell checking for English words
• Built-in dictionary support
• Custom user dictionary
• Support for multiple file types (plaintext, markdown, javascript, typescript)
• Quick fix suggestions for unknown words

Installation

1. Go to the releases page
2. Click the "Install" button on the page
3. Reload VS Code

Usage

• The extension automatically checks spelling as you type
• Unknown words will be underlined with a warning
• Click on underlined words to:
  • Add them to your user dictionary
  • See suggestions

Commands

• Spell Checker: Reload Dictionary: Reload the main dictionary
• Add Word to User Dictionary: Add selected word to user dictionary

Configuration

{
  "spellChecker.enabled": true,
  "spellChecker.languages": [
    "plaintext",
    "markdown",
    "javascript",
    "typescript"
  ]
}

Compatibility

• Visual Studio Code v1.45.0 and above
• VSCode-based editors including:
  • WeChat Developer Tools
  • Other editors using the VSCode engine

Known Limitations

• Only supports English spell checking
• No external API dependencies
• Uses basic dictionary approach for maximum compatibility

Dictionary Format

The spell checker uses simple text files (.txt) for both main dictionary and user dictionary, with one word per line.

• dictionary.txt: Main dictionary file
• userDictionary.txt: Custom user words

Dictionary Data Credits

The default dictionary data is derived from the high-frequency-vocabulary project, which contains a list of the 30,000 most common English words in order of frequency. The data is:

• Based on Peter Norvig's compilation of the 1/3 million most frequent English words
• Includes dictionary explanations for each word

License for Dictionary Data

Open source and free to use for any purpose.

License

MIT