Why Is Gmail Not Checking Spellings? 5 Easy Methods To Fix

Spell-check is one of the best features of Gmail, and it helps you in correcting spelling mistakes. The best thing is that Spell-check supports 160 regional languages.
So If you are composing a message in French, German, or another language. it will detect the spelling mistakes and show you the red underline.
Generally, the Spell-check feature is permanently active. So you don’t have to do anything in the settings.
Whenever you click on the compose button and start writing the message. It will find the spelling mistakes.
But in some rare cases, Spell-check does not work on Gmail. Ideally, that happens due to these reasons.
  1. The spelling check feature is not enabled on Gmail.
  2. Internet slow or browser related issue.
  3. The spelling feature is disabled on the Browser.
  4. Browser Cache issue. 
Gmail not checking spelling

How Can I Fix Gmail Not checking spellings problem?

Enable the spell check feature in Gmail-

Whenever Gmail spell check is not working, you should turn on the spelling suggestions from the general settings.

Gmail spelling check
  • Let’s sign into the Gmail account on any browser.
  • Press the settings symbol available at the upper side of the mailbox, and then click on the see all settings
  • Look for the spelling section in the general
  • Press the radio button available in front of spelling suggestions On.
  • Now scroll down at the bottom and press the  button to save spelling suggestion on.

Enable the spell-check on the Browser too- 

When, the spell-check feature is disabled from the browser settings. Due to which, Gmail isn’t loading the spell feature. In that case, you have to activate it from the browser settings. Here are the steps for that.

Enable spell check on the chrome- Spell check on the chrome

  • Please start the chrome browser and press the three-dotted icon available at the right corner.
  • Click the settings option from the menu.
  • Press the advanced option from the left side and then press the language
  • Turn on the spell-check
  • Now click the “enhanced spell check” option in the languages section.

For Firefox browser- Check spellings on firefox

  • Please open the Firefox browser.
  • Press the menu button accessible from the right corner, and press the Options.
  • Look for the language option in the general section.
  • Put a check the “check the spelling as you type” option.

For Safari Browser- 

  • Open the safari or other Browser.
  • Push the edit button from the menu.
  • Hover to the spellings and grammar and click on the check the spelling while typing.

turn on spelling check feature in the edge- 

edge spelling check
  • Open the edge browser
  • Click on the menu  icon and press the settings option.
  • Enable the spelling check  option.

Internet is slow-

If the internet is running slow on your computer/smartphone, then it won’t be able to load all elements or features from the Gmail. Due to which, you may have Gmail not checking spelling problem.

So you should inspect the internet speed on your computer/smartphone. for that, you need to go to the speed test or fast.com site.

If the speed is under the 100 KBPS, then you should talk to the ISP team to fix the speed.

Run Ccleaner- 

Apart from this, Sometimes, the Gmail spell check feature is not working because of the cookies or browser data.

So you have to clean up/optimize (clear the browsing data and cookies) the web browser manually or using the CCleaner software. This program will help you optimizing the whole computer along with the Browser.

Update the Browser or install a new version- 

After changing Browser and Gmail settings, If Gmail is still not checking spellings. Go to the about section of browser and update it. if you don’t find the update. Please remove the current browser version from the pc and install a more recent version.

Frequent questions related to the spell check:

why is spell check not working in gmail chrome? 

Well, It looks like spell is turned off from the chrome settings. So go to the settings and enable. the instructions are already given in the above article.

How to turn on spell check in Gmail app?

  1. Open Gmail application.
  2. Press the menu button on the app and go to settings.
  3. Now tap on your email account.
  4. Enable the smart compose.

Now Gmail will automatically show you the suggestions while writing a message.

How To Enable The Auto Correct In Gmail? 

  • Open the Gmail account
  • Go to the Settings
  • Click on the General Tab. 
  • Scroll down to reach to the auto correct option. 
  • Now Enable the auto correct on option. 
  • Press the Save changes button. 

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Ajay Rathaur

I am a tech blogger who is always excited to write about technology. Especially related to routers, printers and computers, and email. Along with writing, I have also worked as a technical support engineer for 7 years.

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