@cspell/dict-en_us

What is @cspell/dict-en_us?

@cspell/dict-en_us is a dictionary package for the CSpell spell checker. It provides American English word lists that can be used to enhance the spell-checking capabilities of CSpell.

What are @cspell/dict-en_us's main functionalities?

Adding the dictionary to CSpell

This feature allows you to add the American English dictionary to your CSpell configuration. By including 'en_us' in the 'dictionaries' array, CSpell will use the word list provided by @cspell/dict-en_us for spell checking.

{
  "dictionaries": ["en_us"]
}

Installing the dictionary

This feature demonstrates how to install the @cspell/dict-en_us package using npm. This is the first step to using the American English dictionary with CSpell.

npm install @cspell/dict-en_us

Other packages similar to @cspell/dict-en_us

@cspell/dict-en-gb

@cspell/dict-en-gb provides British English word lists for the CSpell spell checker. It is similar to @cspell/dict-en_us but focuses on British English instead of American English.

@cspell/dict-fr-fr

@cspell/dict-fr-fr offers French word lists for the CSpell spell checker. It is similar in functionality to @cspell/dict-en_us but is designed for French language spell checking.

hunspell-dict-en-us

hunspell-dict-en-us provides American English dictionaries for the Hunspell spell checker. It is similar to @cspell/dict-en_us but is used with the Hunspell spell checking engine instead of CSpell.

README

CSpell English Dictionary

English dictionary for cspell.

This is a pre-built dictionary for use with cspell.

Note

This dictionary comes pre-installed with cspell. It should not be necessary to add it.

Requirements

Tool	Version
cspell	>= 8
Code Spell Checker - Visual Studio Code	>= 4

Local Installation

This package is bundled with CSpell.

Configuration

VSCode Settings

Add the following to your VSCode settings:

.vscode/settings.json

{
  "cSpell.language": "en, en-US",
}

CSpell Settings cspell.json

cspell.json

{
  "language": "en, en-US",
}

CSpell Settings cspell.config.yaml

cspell.config.yaml

language: en, en-US

Local Installation using CDN

NOTE: This package is bundled with CSpell.

Dictionary Information

Name	Enabled	Description
en_us		American English Dictionary

Language Settings

Name	Locale	File Type
en_us	en, en-US	*

Contributing

Please help correct any mistakes in the dictionaries.

See: Contributing

Special thanks to all of our amazing contributors!

Dictionary Development

See: How to Create a New Dictionary

Adding Words

Contributions are welcomed and encouraged, please read src/README.md.

Resources

The Hunspell source for this dictionary can be found:

http://wordlist.aspell.net/hunspell-readme/

License

MIT

Some packages may have other licenses included.

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