alleryStart learning →Spell checkers fail to detect which kind of error?
ATransposed letters
BWrong homophones
CDoubled letters
DMissing letters
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Wrong homophones
A wrong homophone is still a real word, so a spell checker accepts it.
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