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I've been having this issue for a while now, across multiple computers, where Firefox flags random words as incorrect. I usually notice it happen when it's a newer word, like Scalability for example, but I brush it off since it's not too common. I've been increasingly noticing that it happens to words that are variants of the root word, and I just saw it happen again with Amongst
I know it's set to the correct dictionary of Canadian English, since colour isn't underlined but color is, yet I'm at a loss trying to figure out what sort of Canadian English dictionary could possibly not include words like amongst.
I'm sure there's a ton more than I see these days too, since I've been clicking "Add to Dictionary" for years now after Googling to confirm I'm being gaslit by autocorrect. Who knows how many words are self-additions and not natively recognized (and would you look at that, "natively" is not a word either apparently!)
It's some setting I must have screwed with that's causing it, right? How do I fix this?
It looks like Mozilla doesn't maintain an official Canadian dictionary, they just rely on this add-on created by a single guy: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canadian-english-dictionary/
I'd suggest turning that dictionary off and relying on a third-party spelling/grammar app with better Canadian language support. I don't know if they have a Canada-specific option, but I like LanguageTool: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/languagetool/
There are a lot of options out there, be careful about which ones have a decent privacy policy. Keep in mind, they could easily record anything you type, on any website.