Q: How to enable the Swedish dictionary?

[inghylt]

Info

Kind of Issue

• runtime - command-line tools

Which Tool or library

• cspell -- the command-line spelling tool

Which Version

Version: 6.31.1

Issue with supporting library?

• No

OS:

• Linux

version:

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Bug Description

Describe the bug

A lot of Swedish words are reported as Unknown word which makes cspell unfeasible to use in projects with Swedish words

To Reproduce
cspell.json

{
  ...
  "language": "en,sv",
  ...
}

command
yarn cspell 'src/**/*.{js,ts,txt,md,json}'

Example comment in ts file 1

// Below are top 50 common Swedish words
// i och att det som en på är av för med till den har de inte om ett han men
// var jag sig från vi så kan man när år säger hon under också efter eller nu sin där vid
// mot ska skulle kommer ut får finns vara hade

Result

- Unknown word (inte)
- Unknown word (från)
- Unknown word (säger)
- Unknown word (också)
- Unknown word (efter)
- Unknown word (eller)
- Unknown word (skulle)
- Unknown word (kommer)

Example comment in ts file 2

// Hej mitt namn är Alice (Hi my name is Alice)
// Jag bor i ett land i norra Europa (I live in a country in northern Europe)
// Jag är nyfiken (I'm curious)
// Fungerar några vanliga svenska ord alls? (Do any Swedish words work at all?)

Result

- Unknown word (namn)
- Unknown word (norra)
- Unknown word (nyfiken)
- Unknown word (Fungerar)
- Unknown word (några)
- Unknown word (vanliga)
- Unknown word (svenska)

Expected behavior

That common Swedish words are not reported as Unknown word

Additional context

Since Swedish is quite a small language, I get that it is not the highest priority. Let me know if I can help in any way to fix this.

[Jason3S]

@inghylt,

Did you install the Swedish dictionary?

npm install @cspell/dict-sv

cspell.json

{
    // …
    "import": ["@cspell/dict-sv/cspell-ext.json"],
    "language": "en,sv",
    // …
}  

[inghylt]

Ah I didn't know that's how it is supposed to be used, many thanks! Where in the documentation is this information available?

[Jason3S]

@inghylt,

If you are using a package manager, there are instructions on NPM.

There is also a VS Code Extension, Swedish Spell Checker, that installs the dictionary for you.

Do you have some suggestions on how to communicate that it is necessary to install a dictionary?

[inghylt]

Do you have some suggestions on how to communicate that it is necessary to install a dictionary?

Maybe add a section on the theme "Importing pre-built dictionaries" to https://cspell.org/docs/dictionaries/ with an example similar to what you wrote above? And maybe also reference that section from https://cspell.org/types/cspell-types/interfaces/CSpellSettings/#language and https://cspell.org/types/cspell-types/interfaces/Settings/#language to show that it is necessary to add an import for all languages except English?