100% Java

Spellex SDK for Java Technology is written entirely in Java, so you can use it on any Java platform: UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, Windows.

High quality dictionaries included

The Spellex SDK for Java Technology comes with a superb 115,000-word American English and 120,000-word UK English dictionary that includes contractions, abbreviations, and capitalized proper names.

Specialty dictionaries

Spellex is the leading developer of specialty dictionaries for the healthcare, legal, and scientific professions.  Fully integrate your English dictionary with the most comprehensive specialty dictionaries designed for the medical, legal, pharmaceutical, dental, bioscience, and scientific professions.

Frequent updates

If you or your client requires a leading edge, up-to-date dictionary for medical terms, a Spell-X-Plus subscription is just the cure. This one of a kind subscription service will keep your dictionary updated and allow you to keep pace with the latest words in medicine.

User dictionaries

Add your own words to any number of user dictionaries. Words can be added to or removed from user dictionaries at run time using Spellex's API. Words in user dictionaries may be offered as suggestions for misspelled words.

Intelligent suggestions for misspelled words

The Spellex SDK for Java Technology spelling engine can locate suggested replacements using either typographical (looks like) or phonetic (sounds like) matching. Suggestions are scored by the degree of closeness with the misspelled word, and the list of suggestions is returned in decreasing score order.

Case sensitive

Incorrect capitalization (e.g., canada instead of Canada) can be reported as a misspelling. Case sensitivity can be disabled if necessary via a simple run-time option setting. Dictionaries included with the Spellex SDK for Java Technology contain correct capitalization forms.

Spell check single words or entire books

Spellex's flexible API lets you spell check individual words or Strings containing thousands of words.

Automatic corrections

The Spellex SDK for Java Technology engine can automatically or conditionally replace one word for another -- e.g., replace recieve with receive. A dictionary containing hundreds of common English misspellings and their correct replacements is included.

Doubled word detection

The Spellex SDK for Java Technology engine can detect repeated words (e.g., Paris in the the spring).

Multilingual

Dictionaries for major Western European languages are available, including, Brazilian (Portuguese), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Source code availability

The full Java source code for the spell check engine and related software is available. Source code is 100% Java.

Example applications included

Source code for several working applications that demonstrate typical use of Spellex's API from an application, applet, and servlet is included.

Word parsing and simple text editing

Spellex's API is flexible enough to extract individual words (surrounded by punctuation and white space) from blocks of text. It can even be used to perform simple editing functions, such as word deletion and replacement.

Use our dialog classes or write your own

Save development time by using the Swing and AWT spell check dialog classes -- including full source code -- provided with the Spellex SDK for Java Technology. If your application has special requirements, you can build your own dialog boxes by calling Spellex's API.

Spell check TextArea components or Strings

The Spellex SDK for Java Technology includes example programs showing how to spell check the contents of AWT TextArea components or Swing (JFC) JTextArea components, highlighting misspelled words and updating corrections automatically. Strings containing one word or thousands of words can also be spell checked.

Spell check text in HTML

Spellex SDK for Java Technology can spell-check HTML, skipping over the markups and checking only the text.