Why does Microsoft Word spell check allow "comparewd"?

[Ken Novak]

I misspelled the word "compared" as "comparewd" in a Word document, but the
spell checker did not flag it.

"comparewd" is _not_ among the words in my CUSTOM.DIC.

I don't believe it is a word (or a worwd, for that matter). Is this an error
in the non-user Word dictionary? Where does that dictionary reside, by the
way?

(I use Word 2003 SP1 in XPPro SP2)

 

[Jay Freedman]

I misspelled the word "compared" as "comparewd" in a Word document,
but the spell checker did not flag it.

"comparewd" is _not_ among the words in my CUSTOM.DIC.

I don't believe it is a word (or a worwd, for that matter). Is this
an error in the non-user Word dictionary? Where does that dictionary
reside, by the way?

(I use Word 2003 SP1 in XPPro SP2)

Hi Ken,

My copy of Word 2003 SP1 _does_ flag "comparewd" as an error, so it isn't
the dictionary's fault. (The English dictionary file is C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof\Mssp3en.lex, and it is not
editable.)

Select the misspelled word and look at Tools > Language > Set Language to
make sure it isn't set to "Do not check spelling or grammar". If that box is
checked, the setting may have been directly applied (if you copied/pasted
the text from elsewhere) or it may come from the paragraph's style.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also, if the word is actually COMPAREWD, make sure you don't have the box
for "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" checked (Tools | Options | Spelling &
Grammar).