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# UITextSpellCheckingType

The spell-checking behavior of a text-based view.

```
enum UITextSpellCheckingType
```

## Overview

Use these constants with the [`spellCheckingType`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInputTraits/spellCheckingType) property.

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITextSpellCheckingTypeDefault`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSpellCheckingType/default)

Specifies the default spell-checking behavior.

[`UITextSpellCheckingTypeNo`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSpellCheckingType/no)

Disables spell-checking behavior.

[`UITextSpellCheckingTypeYes`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSpellCheckingType/yes)

Enables spell-checking behavior.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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