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Tools for Spell Checking in R

v2.3.2 · Aug 18, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Spell checking common document formats including latex, markdown, manual pages, and description files. Includes utilities to automate checking of documentation and vignettes as a unit test during 'R CMD check'. Both British and American English are supported out of the box and other languages can be added. In addition, packages may define a 'wordlist' to allow custom terminology without having to abuse punctuation.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies commonmark xml2 hunspell knitr exams.forge goodpractice ottrpal AHPGaussian APS APackOfTheClones ASRgenomics AmpGram AustralianPoliticians BFI BFM BIGr BOP2FE BPrinStratTTE BREADR +1140 more reverse deps spelling

Version History

11 tracked
new 2.3.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.3.2 ← 2.3.1 diff Aug 18, 2025
updated 2.3.1 ← 2.3.0 diff Oct 3, 2024
updated 2.3.0 ← 2.2.1 diff Mar 4, 2024
updated 2.2.1 ← 2.2 diff Mar 21, 2023
updated 2.2 ← 2.1 diff Oct 18, 2020
updated 2.1 ← 2.0 diff Mar 10, 2019
updated 2.0 ← 1.2 diff Dec 16, 2018
updated 1.2 ← 1.1 diff Jul 8, 2018
updated 1.1 ← 1.0 diff Dec 17, 2017
new 1.0 Aug 27, 2017