Title: Spellcheck Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Spellcheck Error

 *  [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/)
 * Oy, on top of my shortstat issue!…
 * Spellcheck gives me this error:
 * Error executing ‘usr/bin/aspell -a –lang=english –personal=/home/katehack/public_html/
   wordpress/wp-content/spell-plugin/aspell_data_9dPQxn 2>&1’
 * Error: (question mark with a diamond);.
 * Sup with that?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206403)
 * your host doesnt have the aspell libs installed or the path they have them installed
   to is different than whats expected — its probably the former.
 *  Thread Starter [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206414)
 * It worked before today, how odd.
 *  Thread Starter [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206415)
 * Also, I downloaded the plugin again……. there IS no aspell_data file.
 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206428)
 * > Spellcheck gives me this error:
 * If that’s your error verbatim, double-check you aspell path… as you’ve listed
   it — `usr/bin/aspell` — it certainly won’t exist. Make sure it’s actually `/usr/
   bin/aspell`.
 * > there IS no aspell_data file
 * The `aspell_data_something` files are temporary files created when you actually
   run a spell check and deleted when finished.
 *  Thread Starter [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206482)
 * Sorry, that really wasn’t helpful. I know — usr/bin etc. doesn’t exist. I don’t
   know why it’s looking there.
 * The name & path to aspell executable is set to in the settings area:
    /usr/bin/
   aspell and to the personal dictionary /home/katehack/public_html/wordpress/wp-
   content/spell-plugin/aspell.personal
 *  [prissed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prissed/)
 * (@prissed)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206490)
 * I had problems with the spell check plugin at first. In the options menu, the
   language was defaulted to `en_US`, which was causing the error. When I changed
   that to just `en` it worked.
 * Also, don’t forget to chmod the spell-plugin directory to 777. Otherwise, it 
   won’t be able to create the aspell.personal and error_log files.
 *  Thread Starter [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206491)
 * See, it’s worked before. I just don’t knoww hat I did to make it stop!
 *  Thread Starter [khackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khackett/)
 * (@khackett)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-206493)
 * HOLY CRAP!
 * I got it!
 * I changed the lang. to en from english.
 * THANK YOU! 🙂
 *  [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-207052)
 * I had the same problem & another member pointed me to this thread & it just fixed
   my problem too. Does the plug in author know about this issue?
 * Thanks so much prissed…
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-207053)
 * ColdForged is the author, and since he has left his comments in this thread, 
   I am sure that he is aware of the issue.
 *  [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spellcheck-error/#post-207145)
 * I reported back in May that I’d gotten Spellcheck to work by changing the aspell
   language setting to ‘en’. Alas, the plugin’s no longer working. I still have 
   the language set to ‘en,’ the files are CHMODed to 777, & I’ve deleted the previous
   installation of the plugin & tried reinstalling. But I’m still getting this error:
 * “sh: line 1:/usr/bin/aspell: no such file or directory.”
 * Under “Name and path to aspell executable,” is the setting supposed to be:
 * ‘/usr/bin/aspell’ ?
 * I can’t think of what else could be wrong but perhaps someone else can?

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