Computer scienceData scienceNLPMain NLP tasksSpelling Correction

Introduction to Spelling Correction

Theory

Types of spelling errors

Report a typo

Match errors to their types according to the descriptions.

Match the items from left and right columns
Cognitive, real-word error
Typographical, non-word error
Cognitive, non-word
Typographical, real-word error
A beginner English student, writing about the chill weather, typed: "It’s chilli today".
An old woman bought a phone and has not yet fully learned how to type on the keyboard. Instead of "my dear daughter!" she typed "my fear daughter!"
A child did not know how to spell the word correctly, so he focused on pronunciation. Instead of "bath" they wrote "baf".
Typing very quickly, a secretary wrote "firector" instead of "director".
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