I’m the first to admit that my spelling is pretty atrocious, so I’m heavily reliant on spellcheckers. But there has been more than one occasion where I’ve chosen what I though was a correction, only to find out later that I ended up choosing a completely different word than I wanted. So when I can, I always try to check the definition of the word after selecting it.
This technique tends to breakdown on iPadOS, for the reasons laid out in this dramatisation of lunch this afternoon:
L: …it was only when I received it with no further cutlary that I…
iPadOS: Woah, hold on! That word "cutlary" you have there. It's definitely not the one you want.
L: Oh, what should it be then?
iPadOS: It should be "cutlery."
L: Should it? Can you look up the definition of "cutlery?"
iPadOS: Oh, um. Ahhh. No results.
L: So is it "cutlery?" Is that the word I want?
iPadOS: Oh yeah. That's definitely how you spell "cutlery."
L: No, I mean, is this the word I should be using here?
iPadOS: Don't know. But that's absolutely the way to spell it.
L: (sigh) DuckDuckGo, what's the definition of "cutlery?"
🦆: Cutlery includes hand implements for eating food, such as knifes and forks…
L: Great, thanks. (fix typo)