ieSpell

ieSpell is an add-on for Internet Explorer which contains a spell-checker. It comes in handy to users who usually perform text-based searches, such as bloggers or content writers.

Seamless setup and clean GUI

The installation process is over in a jiffy and does not offer to download any third-party products. Once completed, the tool creates a button in Internet Explorer's toolbar area. Clicking it enables the extension to detect misspelled words in the currently opened webpage.

Consequently, it becomes quite obvious that it can be used by both beginners and highly experienced individuals, without encountering any kind of difficulties.

Add items to the dictionary and look up words on the Internet

It shows suggestions and offers to replace the words, yet with just a click of the button, you can also ignore the item and all its duplicates, commit changes to all words and their doubles, add a word to the dictionary, as well as look up meanings on Merriam-Webster.com.

Context menu integration and change the engine

Some settings are configurable through the Options panel. ieSpell supports only the English language and lets you select the US, UK or Canadian mode.

You can edit the custom dictionary and add new entries or create a new dictionary altogether, show items in IE's context menu and ask the add-on to remember the window position, as well as change the online dictionary engine from Merriam Webster to Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Yahoo! Education Dictionary, or Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Change suggestion mode and ignore certain elements

When it comes to spellchecker options, you can ignore words in uppercase and mixed case, as well as words with numbers or underscore, Internet and email addresses, markup tags and escape sequences. It is possible to enable a case sensitive feature and change the suggestion mode (from "ultra-fast but least accurate" to "slow but accurate").

Bottom line

The application does not slow down Internet Explorer's webpage loading speed. It has a good reaction speed and delivers accurate results. No error dialogs have been shown in our evaluation, and the add-on did not hang or crash. Unfortunately, ieSpell has not been updated for a long time, and we would have liked to see support for additional languages, as well as a real-time mode (check spelling as you write).