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title: "Check spelling in TinyMCE"
description: "TinyMCE provides browser-based spell checking and the Spell Checker plugin for checking spelling in the editor."
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/spell-checking/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/spell-checking/index.md"
version: "latest"
last_updated: "2026-09-28T00:27:52Z"
tokens: 244
---
# Check spelling in TinyMCE

## Browser-based spell checking

Assign the [`browser_spellcheck`](../spelling/#browser_spellcheck) configuration option the value of `true` to utilize the browser’s native spell check functionality. Disabling the [`contextmenu`](../menus-configuration-options/#contextmenu) option *may* be required depending on the right-click or context usability requirement.

```js
tinymce.init({
  selector: 'textarea',  // change this value according to your HTML
  browser_spellcheck: true,
  contextmenu: false
});
```

> **Note:** When the TinyMCE context menu is *enabled*, users can still access the browser context menu, including the browser spellchecker, using the `Ctrl+Right click` shortcut. However if the `contextmenu_never_use_native` option is enabled, holding the `Ctrl` key will have no effect.

## TinyMCE Spell Checker plugin

Use the [Spell Checker plugin](../introduction-to-tiny-spellchecker/) for scalable enterprise-grade spell check as-you-type functionality. **Spell Checker** requires both a client-side plugin to be configured and a server-side component to be installed and configured.