How to manage your own dictionary in Zoho Writer

Overview

Zoho Writer gives you complete control over how spelling is checked in your documents. Along with the default dictionary, you can:

Create and manage your personal dictionary to add custom words that should not be flagged as spelling errors.
Enable domain-specific dictionaries such as Medical or Legal, so specialized terms are recognized correctly.

This ensures smoother proofreading and more accurate spell-check results, whether you’re working on casual documents or industry-specific content.

Steps

How to add words to your personal dictionary

If you frequently use unique words, product names, or abbreviations, you can add them to your personal dictionary.

Go to Tools > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary.
Select Add New Word and type in the word.
Click Add.

Your added words will no longer be marked as spelling mistakes.

How to remove words from your personal dictionary

Go to Tools > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary.
Scroll through the list of saved words.
Select the word you want to remove and click Remove.

How to enable domain-specific dictionaries

To avoid incorrect spell-checking of specialized terms (e.g., medical or legal jargon), you can enable additional dictionaries.

Available dictionaries in Zoho Writer:

Default
Medical
Legal

Steps to enable a domain-specific dictionary

Go to Tools > Review > Spell Check > Spelling errors.
Under Enable Dictionary, select your preferred dictionary (e.g., Legal).

Alternative method:

Click Writing Suggestions in the bottom bar > Spelling errors.
Enable the required dictionary.

Troubleshooting

Error/ Symptom: Specialized terms not recognized
Recommended solution: Ensure the correct domain-specific dictionary (Medical or Legal) is enabled under Spell Check.