Updated June 8th, 2019.
Most Mac programs mark misspelled words with a dotted red underline, like this:
![squiggly red line](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_lossy,ret_img,w_126,h_40/https://oneminutemacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-16-at-9.37.50-PM.png)
If you hold the Control key down and click on a dotted-red-underline word, you’ll get a contextual menu, like so:
![contextual menu](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_lossy,ret_img,w_264,h_432/https://oneminutemacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-16-at-9.38.09-PM.png)
You’ll see possible corrections at the top of the menu. Choose the one you want and you’re done. This is a million times easier than running the spelling checker.
Bonus: if the word you’ve misspelled is plural, the choices are plural too. Look:
![plural mistake](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_lossy,ret_img,w_139,h_40/https://oneminutemacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-16-at-9.44.54-PM.png)
Control-clicking on that misspelled word produces this menu:
![plural corrections](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_lossy,ret_img,w_264,h_413/https://oneminutemacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-16-at-9.45.04-PM.png)
Pretty neat.
This works in Word, Pages, Mail, and just about everywhere else. Try it!
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