| typos | client9/misspell | codespell | scspell3k | topy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runtime | - | - | Python | Python | Python |
| Approach | Correction | Correction | Correction | Dictionary | Dictionary |
| Custom Dict | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-Lang Dict | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No |
| CamelCase | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No |
| snake_case | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No |
| Ignore email | Yes | yes | No | No | No |
| Ignore url | Yes | yes | No | No | No |
| Ignore Hex | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No |
| Ignore UUID | Yes | ? | No | No | No |
| Ignore base64 | Yes | ? | No | No | No |
| Ignore SHAs | Yes | ? | No | No | No |
| C-Escapes | Yes (#20) | ? | No | Yes | No |
| Encodings | UTF-8 / UTF-16 | ? | Auto | Auto | UTF-8 |
| Whole-project | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ignores hidden | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes |
| Respect gitignore | Yes | ? | No | No | No |
| Checks filenames | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No |
| Status via exit code | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | Rust / JSON Lines | ? | Python | None | Python |
| License | MIT or Apache | MIT | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | MIT |
See also benchmarks.