Why don't common browsers use Soundex for spelling suggestions?

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  • hunspell

    The most popular spellchecking library.

  • Almost all browsers use the Hunspell library for spell checking. You should investigate what methods it uses for stemming and suggesting corrections. How does that algorithm work for non-English languages? The main variation you will see between browsers in spelling suggestions is the base dictionary that is used.

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