Error: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US"

Question

I am using GNU Emacs 26.1 on macOS Catalina.

When I try to enable ispell or flycheck-mode I am getting following error:

No word lists can be found for the language "en_US".

=> How could I fix this error?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '21 at 21:08

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Package aspell comes with Debian 11, but evidently lacks dictionaries.

    sudo apt-get install aspell-en

Installs the English spelling dictionary for aspell.

answered Sep 04 '21 at 21:08

Paul

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '19 at 13:47

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Installing aspell fixed my problem.

brew install aspell

answered Nov 20 '19 at 13:47

alper

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '22 at 23:52

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I faced the same problem on Fedora 34.

sudo dnf install aspell-en

fixed my problem.

answered Jan 31 '22 at 23:52

AnilJ

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '22 at 12:23

0

Manjaro 21 also lacks dictionaries.

sudo pacman -S aspell-en

fix the problem.

answered May 16 '22 at 12:23

Luigi Minardi

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