Simple versions of these programs make comparisons based on small Levenshtein distances.
Golding and Ross created a very effective version of this type of application based on Winnow. Simple versions of these programs make comparisons based on small Levenshtein distances. Jerrold H. Zar created a "poem" called "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" that lampoons these applications, one of which was added to Firefox in version (*) 2.0 (two-point-oh). For 10 points, name this type of application that flags writing errors and suggests changes, which in Microsoft Word is paired with a grammar checker.
Golding and Ross created a very effective version of this type of application based on Winnow.
{spell} checker