streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker

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1675 stars · 141 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Code Spell Checker is a VS Code extension that spell checks source code and documents as you type, underlining unknown words and offering suggestions via Quick Fix. It is built on the self-contained cspell engine and supports many languages through add-on dictionaries.

Use cases

• catch typos in source code and comments
• spell check markdown documentation in VS Code
• add custom project dictionaries for domain terms
• reduce false positives when spell checking code
• get spelling suggestions while editing
• check British vs American English spelling

When to choose

• you write code in VS Code and want inline spell checking tuned for code identifiers
• you need configurable custom dictionaries and per-workspace settings
• you want a pure JS spell checker with no external binaries

When to avoid

• you need spell checking outside VS Code (use the cspell CLI instead)
• you need grammar or style checking, not just spelling
• you use an editor other than VS Code

Facets

plugin · maturity active

nlp editor developer-tools developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cross-platform spell-checker vscode-extension cspell dictionaries code-quality natural-language-processing

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