# Spelling

The following preferences can be changed on the General > Editors > Text Editors > Spelling preference page.

Option | Description | Default
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Enable spell checking | This option enables spell checking. | On
Ignore words with digits | This option ignores words with digits when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore mixed case words | This option ignores mixed case words when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore sentence capitalization | This option ignores sentence capitalization when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore upper case words | This option ignores upper case words when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore internet addresses | This option ignores internet addresses when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore non-letters at word boundaries | This option ignores non-letters at word boundaries when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore single letters | This option ignores single letters when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore Java string literals | This option ignores Java string literals when performing spell checking. | On
Ignore '&' in Java properties files | This option ignores '&' in Java properties files when performing spell checking. | On
Platform dictionary | This option selects a platform dictionary to use. | English (United States)
User defined dictionary | This option selects a User defined dictionary to use. | -
Encoding | This option selects which encoding to use for reading the dictonaries. | Default (depends on Platform)
Maximum number of correction proposals | This option limits the possible corrections displayed to the given value. | 20