Spellcheck fails to suggest corrections on MacOS

[Sam-182]

Steps to reproduce

1. Open sandbox vault.
2. Open “Start Here” note.
3. Anywhere in the note, type the misspelled word “constnats”.
4. Obsidian marks the misspelled word with a red-squiggle. Right click the word, and see that no suggestions are offered.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes

Expected result

Obsidian should suggest “constants” as a correction. This is the behaviour of other word processing programs on the same computer (e.g., Word, Textedit).

Actual result

Obsidian gives no suggestions.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.5.11
Installer version: v1.5.11
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Wed Dec 20 21:30:44 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.81.5~7/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 23.3.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Additional information

“Constnats” is just one example - this happens with many misspelled words.

Obsidian for iOS does not have this problem - it either autocorrects misspelled words or makes useful suggestions.

[WhiteNoise]

can you post a screen recording of this not working in the sandbox vault? thanks

[Sam-182]

Thanks for the reply, @WhiteNoise. I’ve tried to upload it as a zipped m4v, please let me know if this format works or if you prefer a different format.

constnats.m4v.zip (490.2 KB)

[WhiteNoise]

ok, and it works in textmate?

Does it happen with all words or just some?

[Sam-182]

@Whitenoise, it only happens on some words. For many words, Obsidian gives a good suggestion. I don’t have a list of “bad” words, but I will start to build one if it helps.

I don’t use TextMate but I just downloaded it. That program doesn’t even recognize “constnats” as a misspelled word.

[WhiteNoise]

Sorry, I meant textedit.

[Sam-182]

Yes, in TextEdit it works correctly, suggesting two reasonable options.

[enderspill]

I am experiencing the same issue and it is incredibly frustrating.

[henieks]

I have this issue too, I don’t have suggestions in obsidian on Mac at all, “no suggestions” always, just red underlined words. On iOS it works good.

[archifont]

Same issue here! Would this also have to do something with Electron and its/the native macOS Autocorrect features?

[BambooBastille]

Same issue here. Seems intermittent though (i.e. not always happening)

[BambooBastille]

Example from my vault: the word ‘technical’ is just missing a single letter (n in this case)

In the sandbox, there’s no underline or acknowledgement of the same spelling error

[Kalamarios]

I’m also having the same issue. Its quite frustrating. The only thing that I have an issue with, working on obsidian.

[nowaq]

I have the same problem in Polish. Extremely frustrating.

To properly spellcheck a text I need to copy&paste it to a different program to do spellchecking. Kind of defeats the purpose of a text editor…

Spellcheck in different languages works fine in different editors on my MacOS.