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# NSAccessibilityMisspelledTextAttribute

Misspelled text that isn’t necessarily visibly marked as misspelled (`NSNumber` as a Boolean value).

```
extern NSAttributedStringKey const NSAccessibilityMisspelledTextAttribute;
```

## Discussion

Beginning in macOS 10.9, VoiceOver no longer checks for this attribute; instead, VoiceOver uses [`NSAccessibilityMarkedMisspelledTextAttribute`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAccessibilityMarkedMisspelledTextAttribute).

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