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Peer reviewedMitton, Roger – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Analyzes a large sample of spelling errors taken from free writing to assess how great a challenge such errors present for automatic checking and correction. Analysis of results reveals a high proportion of errors that match dictionary works, necessitating the use of the word in context to detect errors. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Context Clues, Data Processing, Dictionaries
