Tip 118: Spell Check Your Work

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enabling the built-in spell checker:

:set spell

Operate Vim's Spell Checker

• {count}z=: skip the prompt and use the {count}th suggestion.

  Command	Effect
  ]s	Jump to next spelling error
  [s	Jump to previous spelling error
  z=	Suggest corrections for current word
  zg	Add current word to spell file
  zw	Remove current word from spell file
  zug	Revert zg or zw command for current word

References:

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h ]s

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h z=