Australian dictionary available online for free.

Americans have lots of choices when it comes to using a free online dictionary. In Australia people end up using an American dictionary because they don’t realise there is a locally produced Australian English spellcheck dictionary available online for free.

I created the Australian English dictionary used by OpenOffice.org, Firefox and Google Chrome. The problem is when I started the work in 2003 I based the work on a British dictionary. I culled over 50,000 words and started rebuilding the dictionary which is used by the open source projects. However I still felt there was too much rubbish in the dictionary and the only way I could build the quality product I wanted was to build a dictionary from scratch.

The dictionary now covers 98% of words regularly used by Australians. The dictionary only provides the preferred Australian English spelling. There is no other resource available anywhere which is similar to the Australian English spellcheck dictionary I’ve created and no other online tool provides the preferred Australian English spelling.

A special feature of the preferred Australian English spellcheck dictionary is when you enter a word, if you don’t have the spelling correct, you’ll be presented with a list of suggested words. Ever had trouble looking up a word in a dictionary where you got the first letter wrong, well the spellcheck dictionary presents a list of words taking into account many variations and will often provide the word you are looking for. Once you have the word you know you are using the preferred Australian English spelling and can look up the meaning by clicking on the link.

Check out the preferred Australian English spellcheck dictionary and take your spelling to the next level.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au