Orangoo? Did You Mean “Orange”? (Orangoo Web 2.0 Spell Checker)

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Whenever I’m writing anything on the web, be it in on a forum, comments, or simply filling up a form, one of my biggest problems is that I find my spelling to be absolutely atrocious. Having grown up on word processors which highlight my every spelling mistake, I never bothered to learn basic principles like “I before E except after C”.
Orangoo positions itself as a quick solution to this problem by spell checking entire blocks text you paste into it and highlighting any potential errors.

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Just like MS-Word, any errors are underlined and suggestions pop up to help you out.

How Many Languages Can You Misspell in?

What Orangoo also does in an attempt to set itself apart, is to have the ability to spell check in multiple languages. At the time of posting it had up to 28 different languages, including German, Spanish, French and interestingly enough.. Indonesian. Being somewhat proficient in it’s sister language - Malay, I was able to put the Indonesian spell check through it’s paces, and found it to be quite accurate.

No I Really Meant To Say Orangoo!

One thing which I did not like was the fact that Orangoo could not learn any of your new words, and hence would perpetually highlight words which were not mistakes just because it could not recognise them, and could not learn.

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English - American vs British

Orangoo also does not seem draw a distinction between British and American English, as the both ways of spelling certain of words (eg. Color vs Colour) are accepted as correct in the same block of text, where as a general rule, you should either be using American English or British English - not a mix of both.

Related Links

  • Orangoo - The online multi language spell checker
  • Google- Type in a word and Google suggests a correct spelling for it
  • Your Offline Word Processor (eg. Microsoft Word ) - Your best option if you only want to spell check English, but requires the right software. Orangoo does it online, for free, and in multiple languages.
  • Spellbound Extension for Firefox- This seems to have stopped development for the newer versions of Firefox , which is a great shame.

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    1. Anonymous said,

      on April 21st, 2006 at 9:31 am

      Why not just use MS word? Covers all the weaknesses described.

    2. James Yeang said,

      on April 21st, 2006 at 10:10 am

      Orangoo is free, and multi language spell checks are much easier to handle than in MS Word … but yes MS Word is a way better single language spell checker.

    3. Alip said,

      on April 1st, 2008 at 8:04 am

      Please help me.
      I want a spelling checker in Indonesian for Microsoft Word, because I am Indonesian.
      Thank you for your help,

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