# Typo Spotter

Flag double spaces, stray spaces around punctuation, repeated words and informal Indonesian short forms.

- Category: Text (text)
- URL: https://ilham.dev/tools/typo-spotter/
- Documentation: https://ilham.dev/tools/typo-spotter/index.md
- Keywords: typo, typo checker, spelling, double space, punctuation, repeated words, proofread, informal, indonesia, ejaan, salah ketik

## Example questions

- Is this checking grammar?
- Why does it flag text that looks fine?
- Does anything leave the page?

## Properties

- Runs in the browser
- No login required
- No data uploaded


## About

A rule checker for the mistakes that spellcheck misses. It flags double spaces, a space before a comma or a full stop, a missing space after punctuation, repeated words such as the same word twice, runs of exclamation marks and spaces hugging brackets. Turn on the informal switch and it also lists common Indonesian short forms like yg, tdk and diatas with the fuller word to use instead.


## Questions

### Is this checking grammar?

No. It only matches patterns, so it will not tell you whether a sentence makes sense and it does not know the difference between your and you're. It is a first pass for mechanical slips, not a replacement for reading the text.

### Why does it flag text that looks fine?

Some rules are deliberately blunt. A missing-space rule will fire on e.g. and a repeated-word rule on a genuine repetition like had had, both of which are sometimes correct. Treat the list as suggestions and skim it.

### Does anything leave the page?

No. The checking runs entirely in the browser, so drafts and internal notes can be pasted in without them being sent anywhere.