Version5.1.7
Revision356
Size14.5 MB
LicenseLGPL-3.0+
Confinementstrict
Basecore22

Fast and safe C++ spelling checker command-line tool


Nuspell is a fast and safe spelling checker software program. It is designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding. Nuspell is written in modern C++ and it supports Hunspell dictionaries.

Main features of Nuspell spelling checker:
  • Provides software library and command-line tool.
  • Suggests high-quality spelling corrections.
  • Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format.
  • Up to 3 times faster than Hunspell.
  • Full Unicode support backed by ICU.
  • Twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri, Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.).
  • Supports complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch).
  • Supports advanced features, for example: special casing rules (Turkish dotted i or German sharp s), conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.
  • Free and open source software. Licensed under GNU LGPL v3 or later.

Update History

5.1.7 348 → 356
9 Feb 2026, 20:13 UTC
5.1.6 (321)5.1.7 (348)
24 Dec 2025, 17:00 UTC
5.1.6 (321)
13 Dec 2025, 09:47 UTC

Published3 May 2020, 13:57 UTC

Last updated5 Feb 2026, 22:47 UTC

First seen13 Dec 2025, 09:47 UTC