1. a software feature that automatically detects and corrects spelling, grammar, or typing errors
Usage: computing; common in word processors, text editors, and mobile devices

1. to automatically correct spelling, grammar, or typing errors in text
Usage: computing

Examples

• My phone's autocorrect changed 'hello' to 'jello' by mistake.
• The word processor has an autocorrect feature that fixes common typos.
• I disabled autocorrect because it kept changing my intentional misspellings.
• Autocorrect will automatically fix 'teh' to 'the' as you type.
• She laughed when autocorrect turned her message into something embarrassing.
• The software can autocorrect multiple errors in a single document.