RSpell: Retrieval-augmented Framework for Domain Adaptive Chinese
  Spelling Check
Siqi Song Qi Lv Lei Geng Ziqiang Cao Guohong Fu
Chinese Spelling Check (CSC) refers to the detection and correction of
spelling errors in Chinese texts. In practical application scenarios, it is
important to make CSC models have the ability to correct errors across
different domains. In this paper, we propose a retrieval-augmented spelling
check framework called RSpell, which searches corresponding domain terms and
incorporates them into CSC models. Specifically, we employ pinyin fuzzy
matching to search for terms, which are combined with the input and fed into
the CSC model. Then, we introduce an adaptive process control mechanism to
dynamically adjust the impact of external knowledge on the model. Additionally,
we develop an iterative strategy for the RSpell framework to enhance reasoning
capabilities. We conducted experiments on CSC datasets in three domains: law,
medicine, and official document writing. The results demonstrate that RSpell
achieves state-of-the-art performance in both zero-shot and fine-tuning
scenarios, demonstrating the effectiveness of the retrieval-augmented CSC
framework. Our code is available at https://github.com/47777777/Rspell.