Meaning & use
autocorrect
Software that automatically fixes spelling or typing errors as text is entered.
See it in a sentence
Autocorrect changed 'definitely' to 'defiantly' in his hastily typed message.
She turned off autocorrect because it kept altering names she typed correctly.
A note on using this word
Autocorrect can also function as a verb, as in 'my phone autocorrected that word.'
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To automatically change a typed word to a predicted correct spelling.
The app autocorrected his misspelled name without asking for confirmation.
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