Thread: [Solved] I am set for English UK and "flavoured" is marked as misspelled with "flavored" suggested.
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Old 11-19-2023, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by MartinGM View Post
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In Options, the language selected for authoring and proofing is (correctly) English (United Kingdom).
However, when I spell check, Word highlights flavoured (the English UK spelling) and suggests flavored (the English US spelling).
How can I make the spell-checker use the language I have selected ?
Thanks
  1. Click in that word in your document.
  2. Look at the status bar.
  3. What is the language?
Proofing language, in action, is set at the level of each character in a document, not word, not paragraph, not document, and not application level.

I know that the spell checking dictionary for English UK allows some US spellings, but I do not know of it marking any UK spellings as mistakes and suggesting the US spelling. I just checked on my system and flavoured is not marked when English UK is the proofing language.

Proofing language can be pasted into a document and much web content pastes in as English US.
If your Windows language is English US, that will override your settings in Word.
For more, see my article: Proofing Language Keeps Changing - Solutions - How can I keep my proofing language from changing?
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