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How To Fix iPhone Auto Correct, The Bane Of Your Existence

by Steve Kovach on Feb 7, 2012, 10:29 AM

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Ever since the iPhone launched almost five years ago, we've been struggling with its auto correct feature.

Sometimes, it works great, figuring out what we mean as if by magic.

Other times it frustratingly won't let us type what we want, no matter how many times we try. It stinks. And we're not alone. You've probably seen Damn You Auto Correct, an entire site dedicated to the auto correct's failures.

So until Apple improves auto correct's vocabulary, what can you do?

Teach it new words.

It can get kind of tedious, but after a while your iPhone will have a full dictionary of words you like to use.

A caveat: Even with this method, auto correct can be a bit quirky. There are a handful of words in the iPhone's dictionary that it simply refuses to learn. Keep reading to see how it works.

This is one the most annoying auto-corrects on the iPhone. Every time we try to type "Yo" the iPhone thinks we mean "To." Let's see if we can fix it.



Go to Settings.



Select "General."



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