There are some differences between Word Web App and desktop app.
Have you subscribed to a Microsoft 365 plan? If so, you can open the same Word document in the web app and check if Word spell checker is working there.įree users of OneDrive can also access Word's web app. In case it doesn't, we will let you know. The troubleshooting steps shared below will work for all versions because the spell checker feature works consistently across all Word versions. As part of the Office suite, the Word app is part of the Office 2019, Office 2016, Office 2013, and a cloud version called Microsoft 365. Reasons could include a change in the settings to some error leading to the spell check failing to do its job.