Best spelling plugins for WordPress
The most popular spelling plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TinyMCE Spellcheck leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Siteimprove (800+) and Webmaster Spelling Notifications (100+). All 14 plugins tagged “spelling” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 spelling plugins
- 1.
TinyMCE SpellcheckThe most installed spelling plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
Siteimprove800+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Webmaster Spelling Notifications100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
Perfect Tense100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
Siteimprove Accessibility20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Qalam Arabic AI Writing Assistant Plugin10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
Free Dictionary10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.
Gwirydd Sillafu Cymraeg10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 9.
DubBot10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
GöSPess10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 19 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.1.3.
All 14 plugins tagged “spelling”
TinyMCE Spellcheck
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,546by Matthew Muro9 years ago
TinyMCE Spellcheck adds the spellcheck button back to the editor in WordPress 3.6 and up.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Siteimprove
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,322by Siteimprove1 month ago
Turn your most complex website challenges into manageable tasks—all from a single platform
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 75/day
Webmaster Spelling Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:75#14,459by gourl5 years ago
Plugin allows site visitors to send reports to the webmaster/owner about any spelling or grammatical errors. Spelling checker on your website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Perfect Tense
Up in the last 7 days:14#16,666by Perfect Tense8 years ago
Perfect Tense is an AI-powered, spelling and grammar corrector. Perfect Tense will automatically detect and fix mistakes, proofread entire blog posts, …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Siteimprove Accessibility
#25,398by Siteimprove11 months ago
Catch, monitor, and resolve web accessibility issues in minutes—right from your WordPress CMS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Qalam Arabic AI Writing Assistant Plugin
#29,103by Qalam.ai2 years ago
Qalam plugin for WordPress adds AI based grammar, spell check, and Tashkeel "Diacritization" capabilities to your website content in Arabic Language.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Free Dictionary
Down in the last 7 days:95#31,841by gunebakan9 years ago
Free Dictionary Widget for WordPress provides an English Dictionary that gives you English definitions, synonyms, pronunciation, spelling and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gwirydd Sillafu Cymraeg
Up in the last 7 days:935#32,737by stanno5 years ago
Gwirio sillafu a gramadeg gydag adnodd Cysill Prifysgol Bangor. Welsh-language spelling and grammar checker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DubBot
Down in the last 7 days:428#34,636by Syl DubBot1 month ago
Display results from your DubBot account within WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GöSPess
Down in the last 7 days:849#47,873by mikefl42019 years ago
GöSPress is a spellcheck plug-in for WordPress built on GoogieSpell. GöSPress provides spellcheck for posts, pages, and reader commenting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Spell Checker
#55,616by Andy Brudtkuhl6 days ago
Private spell checking for the block editor. Checks titles and content in your browser with a per-site dictionary. Your content stays in your browser.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 54/day
Grammar Patrol
Down in the last 7 days:3,353#68,330by Bilal9 days ago
On-demand grammar and spelling checking across Classic editor, Block editor, Elementor, WPBakery, and ACF fields.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Autocorrector WP CamelCase
Up in the last 7 days:3,768#68,734by vishalparit106 years ago
Simple plugin to correct camelcase while writting WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Typo Reporter
Down in the last 7 days:16,396#71,210by Matt Biscay26 days ago
Typo Reporter – Spelling & Proofreading helps you publish error-free content. Let visitors report spelling mistakes and typos directly from your c …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day