For example, if I spell “umportant”, it’s easy for us to recognise that it’s supposed to be “important”, but autocorrect insists that it’s something like “umbrella”, or I guess more logically “unimportant”, even though “important” is only 1 correction away.
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These are real examples from my phone (Samsung Galaxy):
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Wuick gets the suggestions Wicked, Which, Wucky, Whickham, Whicker, Wick, Wickets, Wicket, and Wickham. None of which are “Quick”, what I intended to write.
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Nrown gets the suggestions Now, Nr own, Noon, Nowhere, Nr owner, Nr owns, and Nr owners. None of which are “Brown”.
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Dence gets the suggestions Dance, December, Denied, Dancers, Decent, Dense, Dench, and Deuce. None of which are “Fence”.
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It’s bothered me for years that it never ever picks up on a misspelt first letter.
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Edit: I tried “umportant”, and it actually comes with 0 suggestions. Not umbrella, not unimportant, not even “important”. But “inportant” and “ikportant” and even “iqportant” are all recognised as “important”.
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probably because you only ever notice autocorrect being wrong, and don’t pay any attention when it corrects it,,, correctly. samsung probably has loads of data that shows people are more likely to make a spelling error towards the end of the word than at the beginning, maybe that doesn’t apply to your own typing patterns but it works for most people.
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