Editing GNU Aspell (section)

{{Short description|Free software spell checker}}
{{About|the software|the jockey|Leighton Aspell}}
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| programming language   = [[C++]]
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| genre                  = [[Spell checker]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]
| website                = {{URL|aspell.net}}
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'''GNU Aspell''', usually called just '''Aspell''', is a [[free software]] [[spell checker]] designed to replace [[Ispell]]. It is the standard spell checker for the [[GNU]] operating system. It also [[compiler|compiles]] for other [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]. The main program is [[software license|licensed]] under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (GNU LGPL), the [[documentation]] under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU FDL). Dictionaries for it are available for about 70 [[language]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-23 |title=GNU Aspell supported languages |url=http://aspell.net/man-html/Supported.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=aspell.net |archive-date=2014-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726221515/http://aspell.net/man-html/Supported.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The primary maintainer is Kevin Atkinson.