rangeOfMisspelledWordInString find random letters as valid word

Question

Can anybody duplicate this result? I\'m testing rangeOfMisspelledWordInString (in iOS) to find mispelled words and some random letters return a va

Answer 1

Yes, I can reproduce it, and I would call this a bug. If I put in your test word, @"lhpcjeuw", it treats it as a valid word. But, if I use @"lahpcjeuw" (added an "a" in second position), it catches it. I noticed the same thing Tim did -- when writing this answer, the spell checker underlined that second one but not the first as I typed.