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OldSkull
Copper Contributor
May 14, 2026

OWA spell checks part of the word

Something strange happened as I was typing an email today. I misspelled "specific" so I quickly fixed it using the spell checker. Then, it underlined the "cifi" part of the word "specific" suggesting spelling corrections as seen in the screenshot. There is no space in the word so I don't know why it focused on the part of the word (maybe because of the previous correction?). Do you know if this is an Outlook bug or an Edge bug? Not sure which spell checker is acting in OWA honestly.    

 

 

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outlook on the web
Spell check

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  • RobertSparnaaij's avatar
    RobertSparnaaij
    MVP
    May 18, 2026

    Outlook on the Web uses the Microsoft Editor for this that is integrated in Outlook on the Web.

    What probably happened in this case is that there is some kind of hidden (HTML) formatting involved that is applied mid-word. It is therefore recognized as separate word. For instance;

    spe<span>cifi</span>c

    Do you have a repro for the issue?
    I've tried to in different ways, but it worked as expected for me.