Editing the Custom Dictionary on Apple Mac Computers

If you’ve ever mistakenly added a word to you custom dictionary using right click and Learn Spelling for a misspelled or unknown word, you will want to correct this in your custom dictionary.

Follow these steps to update your custom dictionary.

1. Open your user Library folder. To do this, hold down the Option key and then from the Go menu in the Finder choose Library.
2. Open the Spelling folder.
3. Open the Text Edit program found in your Applications.
4. Click and drag the LocalDictionary file (found in the Spelling folder) to the Text Edit icon in your Dock. This will open the file in the editor.
5. From the File menu, choose Duplicate to create a backup copy of the file. Give it a name like LocalDictionary Backup.
6. Make the desired changes to the main file (not the backup file).
7. If you’re on a newer Mac, the LocalDictionary file will update automatically.