Here's an example of how to use pspell when you don't want or you can't use the dictionaries installed on the system.<?$text_to_check = 'I can sspeak English';// optional. clean text a bit$clean_text_to_check = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\-\.!;]+/i', ' ', $text_to_check);// get a word list$word_list = preg_split('/\s+/', $clean_text_to_check);$pspell_config = pspell_config_create("en", null, null, 'utf-8');// if the aspell dictionaries that you want are not installed,// copy the aspell dictionaries and set the path to the dictionaries herepspell_config_data_dir($pspell_config, "/home/alex/dictionaries/");pspell_config_dict_dir($pspell_config, "/home/alex/dictionaries/");$pspell_link = pspell_new_config($pspell_config);foreach($word_list as $word) { if (!pspell_check($pspell_link, trim($word))) { $suggestions = pspell_suggest($pspell_link, trim($word)); echo $word . ' misspelled <br />'; foreach ($suggestions as $suggestion) { echo "\t Possible spelling: $suggestion <br />"; } } else { // correct spelling }}?>