aspell

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  "desc": "Spell checker with better logic than ispell",
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  "why_use_this": "Aspell offers smarter spell-checking than ispell with context-aware logic and better handling of contractions and abbreviations. It\u0027s widely used as a back-end for editor plugins and text-processing pipelines. Install language dictionaries separately to enable checking in non-English languages."
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