text-checking
nounUK /ˈtekst ˌtʃekɪŋ/
US /ˈtekst ˌtʃekɪŋ/
Text-checking is when you look at words to see if they are right.
My teacher does text-checking on our stories before we share them.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of looking over a message before sending it.
A quick text-checking saved him from sending a silly mistake.
3. A computer process that looks for errors in writing.
The app's text-checking found three misspelled words.
4. Checking that words on a screen match what was meant.
She did some text-checking on the sign before it was printed.