You can check your spelling and grammar in Google Docs, then accept or ignore the corrections. Suggestions are based on your text and don't represent Google's views.
Spelling and grammar suggestions are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian.
Check spelling and grammar
You can check your spelling and grammar, then accept or ignore the corrections.
- Open a document in Google Docs.
- At the top left, click Spelling and grammar check
. A box will open in the top right-hand corner.
- To use a suggestion, click Change.
- To ignore a suggestion, click Ignore.
- To accept or ignore all suggestions, click More
Accept all or Ignore all.
. A box will open in the top right-hand corner.
Accept all or Ignore all.If you have spelling and grammar suggestions turned on, misspelled words are underlined in red and grammar suggestions are underlined in blue. Learn how to turn suggestions on or off.
To quickly accept or ignore the corrections:
- Press Tab to accept the suggestion.
- Right-click the red or blue underline.
- To accept the suggestion, click the edited word.
- To ignore the suggestion, click Ignore.
- To report an incorrect suggestion, click Feedback on suggestion.
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