USE OF A SUFFIX-REMOVING SPELL CHECK ALGORITHM FOR A SPELL CHECK FUNCTION, AND ASSOCIATED HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a spell check algorithm that alters a suffix of a text entry by deleting one or more terminal characters thereof. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of language objects which are searched to identify language objects which correspond with an initial, non-deleted portion of the text entry.