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Samsung: Turn On or Off Auto Spell Check on the Keyboard

If Auto spell check only underlines a word in red instead of fixing it, the Samsung keyboard is working as intended, not broken. The feature suggests a correction you accept by continuing to type, it never rewrites text on its own. On many devices this option is switched off from the start, which is why typos stay unmarked until you enable it.

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Turn On/Off Auto Spell Check auf Samsung

Auto spell check on the Samsung Keyboard does not autocorrect text. It compares words against a dictionary and underlines anything unrecognized in red, offering a suggestion you accept by typing the next character or word.

By default this option is turned off on many Samsung devices, so typos pass through without any visual warning. Turning it on does not change autocorrection behavior elsewhere in the system, it only affects the red underline and suggestion popup inside the Samsung Keyboard.

To enable or disable it, go to SettingsGeneral managementSamsung Keyboard settingsAuto spell check, then switch the toggle for the keyboard language you use.

Each installed keyboard language has its own toggle. If you type in more than one language, check the setting separately for each one, otherwise spell check may work in English but stay silent in another language.

If you expect full autocorrection instead of underlines, look for a separate 'Auto replace' or 'Predictive text' option in the same Samsung Keyboard settings menu, since that is the feature responsible for automatically swapping in corrected words.

Frequently asked questions

Auto spell check is a flagging feature, not an autocorrect feature. It marks unrecognized words in red and shows a suggestion, but you have to accept it manually by continuing to type or tapping the suggested word.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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