Check spelling in Numbers on iPhone
Spelling errors are corrected as you type, unless you turned off the Auto-Correction setting for your iPhone. If you turned off this setting, you can still flag spelling errors as you enter text in Numbers spreadsheets. You can also add terms to the dictionary so they’re not marked as misspellings.
Note: Spelling is checked according to the language of the keyboard you’re using, not the language of the spreadsheet.
Check and correct spelling
Tap
, tap Settings, then tap Auto-Correction.Turn on Check Spelling, then tap the sheet to close the controls.
Misspelled and unrecognized words are underlined in red.
Tap a misspelled word, then tap the correct spelling.
Add and remove words from the spelling dictionary
Add a word: Tap the underlined word, then tap Learn Spelling (you may need to tap Replace first). The word is added to the dictionary used by Numbers and other apps.
Remove a word: Double-tap the word in your spreadsheet, then tap Unlearn Spelling. The word is removed from the dictionary used by Numbers and other apps.
If you don’t see Unlearn Spelling, tap
, then tap Unlearn Spelling.
Note: If you add a word to the spelling dictionary, it’s added for all languages.
Turn off the Numbers spell checker
Tap
, tap Settings, then tap Auto-Correction.Turn off Check Spelling.
If you don’t want words to be corrected as you type, turn off autocorrect. See the task below for instructions.
Turn off autocorrect for your device
When autocorrect is turned on, misspelled and unknown words are automatically corrected as you type. Turning off autocorrect applies not only to Numbers, but to other applications where you type text, such as Mail.
On the Home screen of your device, tap Settings, then tap General.
Tap Keyboard, then turn off Auto-Correction.