Misspelled - Chat Spellchecker
Misspelled is a chat spell-checker addon. Misspelled watches the chat messages you type, highlighting any misspellings and offering suggestions for any misspelled words it finds.
I've included in the US & UK English dictionaries some Warcraft specific proper nouns, including the zone names, and all dungeon and raid boss names. Your friends and guild members are also automatically added, and shouldn't get flagged as misspelled words..Misspelled utilizes the HunSpell style, affix (prefix/suffix) compressed dictionaries. The same ones used in Chrome, Firefox, and OpenOffice. Misspelled provides suggestions based on words that phonetically sound like the misspelled word, along with providing suggestions based on common mistakes of spelling. While Misspelled can detect nearly the same number of individually correctly spelled words as OpenOffice, it's suggestion engine, is "somewhat" less complicated, than the HunSpell implementation.
Misspelled includes dictionaries for US-English, UK-English, French, German, Italian, Russian (experimental), and Spanish. The appropriate dictionary, for your game client locale, will auto-load, or you can manually choose what dictionary to use from Misspelled's Interface/Addons options page.
I'm attempting to localize the menus and configuration page. You can help by visiting: http://www.wowace.com/addons/misspelled/localization
Misspelled works with WIM (Wow Instant Messenger), and is compatible with: Prat, Skinner, and Chatter.
Usage note: Spell Checking is performed as you complete each word you've typed. The last word in the chat box, isn't spell checked until you type some form of word terminator, either a period, space, or some other word separating punctuation. Spell checking is very fast; but isn't performed needlessly, while a word is being typed.
Misspelled is compatible with Wow, Wow Classic/Wrath/Cata If you are having problems with Misspelled, please try updating or disabling all other chat addons you may be running.
Official Distribution Points
Curse: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/misspelled
WowInterface: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13493-Misspelled.html
Donations accepted to: https://www.paypal.com
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Posted Jan 26, 2026Cannot send messages in MoP Classic after recent update. Type out a message and hit enter and nothing happens. The unsent message just sits there. Disabling the addon resolves the issue.
Error 1:
32x Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:338: attempt to call field 'SendChatMessage' (a nil value)
[Misspelled/Misspelled.lua]:338: in function <Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:319>
[tail call]: ?
[Blizzard_DeprecatedChatInfo/Deprecated_ChatInfo.lua]:9: in function <.../Blizzard_DeprecatedChatInfo/Deprecated_ChatInfo.lua:8>
[C]: in function 'SendChatMessage'
[NovaRaidCompanion/Modules/Encounters.lua]:435: in function <...faceNovaRaidCompanion/Modules/Encounters.lua:400>
[NovaRaidCompanion/Modules/Encounters.lua]:813: in function <...faceNovaRaidCompanion/Modules/Encounters.lua:811>
Locals:
message = "Jeeves placed on the ground."
chatType = "SAY"
languageID = nil
target = nil
cleanedMessage = "Jeeves placed on the ground."
gameType = "Unknown"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Jeeves placed on the ground."
(*temporary) = "SAY"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field 'SendChatMessage' (a nil value)"
Misspelled = <table> {
modules = <table> {
}
baseName = "Misspelled"
defaultModuleState = true
hooks = <table> {
}
enabledState = true
Version = "1.20.0"
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
name = "Misspelled"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
}
Error 2:
20x Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:314: attempt to call field 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat' (a nil value)
[Misspelled/Misspelled.lua]:314: in function <Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:306>
[tail call]: ?
[C]: in function 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2014: in function 'ChatEdit_OnEditFocusGained'
[*ChatFrame.xml:111_OnEditFocusGained]:1: in function <[string "*ChatFrame.xml:111_OnEditFocusGained"]:1>
[C]: in function 'SetFocus'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2039: in function <Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua:2022>
[C]: in function 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:1626: in function 'ChatFrame_OpenChat'
[OPENCHAT]:1: in function <[string "OPENCHAT"]:1>
Locals:
self = <table> {
modules = <table> {
}
baseName = "Misspelled"
defaultModuleState = true
hooks = <table> {
}
enabledState = true
Version = "1.20.0"
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
name = "Misspelled"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
}
editBox = ChatFrame1EditBox {
tabCompleteTableIndex = 1
at3matches = <table> {
}
pratFrame = Frame {
}
chatFrame = ChatFrame1 {
}
addSpaceToAutoComplete = true
lDrag = Frame {
}
rDrag = Frame {
}
headerSuffix = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeaderSuffix {
}
history_index = 0
history_lines = <table> {
}
header = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeader {
}
addHighlightedText = true
prompt = ChatFrame1EditBoxPrompt {
}
at3curMatch = 0
hookedByAceTab3 = true
}
hooked = true
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = ChatFrame1EditBox {
tabCompleteTableIndex = 1
at3matches = <table> {
}
pratFrame = Frame {
}
chatFrame = ChatFrame1 {
}
addSpaceToAutoComplete = true
lDrag = Frame {
}
rDrag = Frame {
}
headerSuffix = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeaderSuffix {
}
history_index = 0
history_lines = <table> {
}
header = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeader {
}
addHighlightedText = true
prompt = ChatFrame1EditBoxPrompt {
}
at3curMatch = 0
hookedByAceTab3 = true
}
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat' (a nil value)"
Misspelled = <table> {
modules = <table> {
}
baseName = "Misspelled"
defaultModuleState = true
hooks = <table> {
}
enabledState = true
Version = "1.20.0"
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
name = "Misspelled"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
}
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Posted Jan 26, 2026In reply to Kraqi: I have the same issue in MoP classic. My temporary fix was to reinstall version 1.12.1-cata.
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Posted Jan 23, 2026Thanks to user "builder680", how to get Misspelled to work in 12.0:
1. Go to your addons folder and find the folder for this addon
C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns\Misspelled
2. Open Misspelled.toc with Windows Editor, notepad++ or similar
3. Change the top line to read:
## Interface: 120000
4. Save the file
Now it will work.
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to UserNo_001084662: Thanks. Update released.
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Posted Jan 22, 2026Hello, I'm just curious if there was any info in this addon will be supported for midnight?
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Reesecupthis: Update just released.
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Posted Jan 22, 2026Not currently working as of midnight prepatch
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Leyhunter: Yup, things appear to be working. I've pushed a TOC version update.
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Posted Jan 11, 2026is there a working version for Classic MOP?
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to b0r0xxar: The addon should work with MOP. I just pushed a TOC version update.
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Posted Jan 2, 20264x Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:314: attempt to call field 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat' (a nil value)
[Misspelled/Misspelled.lua]:314: in function <Misspelled/Misspelled.lua:306>
[tail call]: ?
[C]: in function 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2014: in function 'ChatEdit_OnEditFocusGained'
[*ChatFrame.xml:111_OnEditFocusGained]:1: in function <[string "*ChatFrame.xml:111_OnEditFocusGained"]:1>
[C]: in function 'SetFocus'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2039: in function <Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua:2022>
[C]: in function 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat'
[Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:1626: in function <Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua:1615>
[C]: in function 'ChatFrame_OpenChat'
[OPENCHAT]:1: in function <[string "OPENCHAT"]:1>
Locals:
self = <table> {
modules = <table> {
}
baseName = "Misspelled"
defaultModuleState = true
hooks = <table> {
}
enabledState = true
Version = "1.12.7"
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
name = "Misspelled"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
}
editBox = ChatFrame1EditBox {
tabCompleteTableIndex = 1
at3matches = <table> {
}
pratFrame = Frame {
}
chatFrame = ChatFrame1 {
}
addSpaceToAutoComplete = true
lDrag = Frame {
}
rDrag = Frame {
}
headerSuffix = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeaderSuffix {
}
history_index = 0
history_lines = <table> {
}
header = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeader {
}
addHighlightedText = true
prompt = ChatFrame1EditBoxPrompt {
}
at3curMatch = 0
hookedByAceTab3 = true
}
hooked = true
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = ChatFrame1EditBox {
tabCompleteTableIndex = 1
at3matches = <table> {
}
pratFrame = Frame {
}
chatFrame = ChatFrame1 {
}
addSpaceToAutoComplete = true
lDrag = Frame {
}
rDrag = Frame {
}
headerSuffix = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeaderSuffix {
}
history_index = 0
history_lines = <table> {
}
header = ChatFrame1EditBoxHeader {
}
addHighlightedText = true
prompt = ChatFrame1EditBoxPrompt {
}
at3curMatch = 0
hookedByAceTab3 = true
}
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field 'ChatEdit_ActivateChat' (a nil value)"
Misspelled = <table> {
modules = <table> {
}
baseName = "Misspelled"
defaultModuleState = true
hooks = <table> {
}
enabledState = true
Version = "1.12.7"
defaultModuleLibraries = <table> {
}
name = "Misspelled"
orderedModules = <table> {
}
}
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Posted Dec 18, 2025I've pushed an update for 11.2.7.
Connal has rewrote quite a lot of UI related code in Misspelled and I can recommend checking out their work.
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Posted Dec 17, 2025I’ve forked this addon and fixed it for retail.
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/misspelled-continued
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Posted Dec 13, 2025Any idea if this is getting updated? I'm far too dumb to type/rp without spell checking. Oddly enough, it does seem to work with my WIM but not the normal chatbox.
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Posted Dec 3, 2025Is the addon no longer working at all?
Does not seem to offer spell corrections at all.
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Posted Dec 4, 2025In reply to ThirdKnee: Im having the same issue, not working at all after 11.2.7 update
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Posted Dec 8, 2025In reply to ThirdKnee: it definitely needs an update. Not working at all.
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Posted Oct 28, 2025had to uninstall, too many chat issues
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Posted Oct 9, 2025I've been having an issue for a while now where if I use this addon I cannot click on any links in chat in the lower half of my chat window - only the upper line of chat is clickable if a link is there so I have to wait for it to scroll up to click on it when I use this addon. When I disable this addon I can finally again click links anywhere in my chat window. For reference, my chat window is in the bottom left corner of my screen. Maybe there is some invisible window there or something from this addon blocking the ability to click on links in that area? I'm not the only one with this issue I have noticed.
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Posted Aug 9, 2025Broken. Any words that it views as "spelled wrong" it will not send the chat message for. Other's have already said it but saying it again.