Setting up spell check in memoQ

Purpose/goal:
  • How to configure the spell checker in memoQ
Who/users:
  •  Translators/proofreaders


  1. 1

    Open the Options in memoQ

    Click Options in the upper left corner in memoQ or under the main blue memoQ tab.

  2. 2

    Select Spelling and grammar

    Select the option Spelling and grammar.


  3. 3

    Select the language

    In the section Select a language select the language you wish to configure the spell checker for.

  4. 4

    Go to the server with dictionaries

    Select Look for more dictionaries online and then download the selected dictionaries when the new dialogue opens.


  5. 5

    Alternatively, dictionaries can be downloaded as files

    If the Hunspell servers does not work, click Install new dictionary from file.
    Click the link to the hunspell dictionaries. If the link does not work, use the link hunspell.memoq.com/ to open a webpage with dictionaries in your browser.

  6. 6

    Download the dictionary

    Find the desired dictionary or dictionaries from the list and save them to your computer.

    Then return to the window Add hunspell dictionary. Click ..., browse for the dictionary that you have previously saved and click Add.
  7. 7

    Select the dictionary

    Return to the window Spelling and grammar. The list should now include the newly uploaded dictionary. Mark it, clik Apply and then OK.
    Črkovanje za želeni jezik je sedaj nastavljeno.
  8. 8

    Set spell checker – Word or Hunspell

    If you have Word installed with the appropriate distionaries, you can also select Microsoft Word so memoQ uses your MS Word dictionaries for spell checking.

    For languages not set-up in your Word editor, select Hunspell (immediately above the Microsoft Word option).
  9. 9

    Set up grammar checker

    For some languages (such as DE, EN, FR, IT), memoQ allows for grammar checking (blue curly underlines), therefore select both options under the tab Grammar.