{
  "altLabels": [
    "Query Spelling Correction",
    "Spell Correction"
  ],
  "definition": "Detecting and correcting misspelled or mistyped query terms in order to improve query interpretation or retrieval.",
  "derivedRelations": [
    {
      "target": "search-as-you-type",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "distinctions": [
    {
      "reason": "Spelling correction corrects a submitted or completed query; query autocomplete predicts completions from a partially typed prefix.",
      "statement": "Spelling Correction is not Query Autocomplete.",
      "target": "query-autocomplete",
      "targetLabel": "Query Autocomplete",
      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-autocomplete/"
    },
    {
      "reason": "Spelling correction changes likely misspelled terms; query relaxation loosens constraints or matching requirements.",
      "statement": "Spelling Correction is not Query Relaxation.",
      "target": "query-relaxation",
      "targetLabel": "Query Relaxation",
      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-relaxation/"
    },
    {
      "reason": "Spelling correction is a specific query-assistance task; query rewriting is the broader family of query transformations.",
      "statement": "Spelling Correction is not Query Rewriting.",
      "target": "query-rewriting",
      "targetLabel": "Query Rewriting",
      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-rewriting/"
    },
    {
      "reason": "Spelling correction proposes corrected forms of the user's query; query suggestion recommends related, alternative, or subsequent queries.",
      "statement": "Spelling Correction is not Query Suggestion.",
      "target": "query-suggestion",
      "targetLabel": "Query Suggestion",
      "targetUri": "https://id.searchplex.net/query-suggestion/"
    }
  ],
  "id": "spelling-correction",
  "kind": "Task",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Spelling correction",
      "type": "canonicalSurvey",
      "url": "https://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/html/htmledition/spelling-correction-1.html"
    },
    {
      "label": "Query Spelling Correction",
      "type": "definingReference",
      "url": "https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-58335-8_4"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-14T06:43:46Z",
  "prefLabel": "Spelling Correction",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "note": "Spelling correction corrects a submitted or completed query; query autocomplete predicts completions from a partially typed prefix.",
      "target": "query-autocomplete",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Spelling correction changes likely misspelled terms; query relaxation loosens constraints or matching requirements.",
      "target": "query-relaxation",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Spelling correction is a specific query-assistance task; query rewriting is the broader family of query transformations.",
      "target": "query-rewriting",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Spelling correction proposes corrected forms of the user's query; query suggestion recommends related, alternative, or subsequent queries.",
      "target": "query-suggestion",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-understanding",
      "type": "partOf"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-autocomplete",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-relaxation",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-rewriting",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "query-suggestion",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "representations": {
    "html": "https://id.searchplex.net/spelling-correction/",
    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/spelling-correction.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/spelling-correction.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "In search, spelling correction may automatically rewrite a query, offer a 'did you mean' suggestion, or decide to keep the original query. It is distinct from autocomplete and query suggestion because it responds to a completed or submitted query rather than predicting a prefix or recommending related searches.",
  "status": "published",
  "terms": [
    {
      "community": "industry",
      "label": "Did You Mean",
      "usage": "informal"
    },
    {
      "community": "commerce-search",
      "label": "Typo Correction",
      "usage": "nearSynonym"
    }
  ],
  "uri": "https://id.searchplex.net/spelling-correction/"
}