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title: Install nuspell on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of nuspell for Linux - Fast and safe C++ spelling
  checker command-line tool
url: https://snapcraft.io/nuspell
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# nuspell

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latest/stable 5.1.9

Install latest/stable of nuspell

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install nuspell
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* nuspell

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### License

* LGPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 21 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 21 September 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [nuspell.github.io](https://nuspell.github.io/ "https://nuspell.github.io/")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/nuspell#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/nuspell#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/nuspell#tab-security)

#### Fast and safe C++ spelling checker command-line tool

Nuspell is a fast and safe spelling checker software program. It is designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding. Nuspell is written in modern C++ and it supports Hunspell dictionaries.

Main features of Nuspell spelling checker:

* Provides software library and command-line tool.
* Suggests high-quality spelling corrections.
* Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format.
* Up to 3 times faster than Hunspell.
* Full Unicode support backed by ICU.
* Twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri, Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.).
* Supports complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch).
* Supports advanced features, for example: special casing rules (Turkish dotted i or German sharp s), conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.
* Free and open source software. Licensed under GNU LGPL v3 or later.

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## Install nuspell on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/nuspell/raspbian)