iPhone objective-c: detecting a 'real' word

Question

I need a (quick and dirty) solution to basically detect if a certain NSString is a \'real\' word, that is, if it\'s in the dictionary. So basically, a very simplistic spell

Answer 1

Use UITextChecker instead. The code below might not be perfect but should give you a good idea.

-(BOOL)isDictionaryWord:(NSString*)word {
    UITextChecker *checker = [[UITextChecker alloc] init];
    NSLocale *currentLocale = [NSLocale currentLocale];
    NSString *currentLanguage = [currentLocale objectForKey:NSLocaleLanguageCode];
    NSRange searchRange = NSMakeRange(0, [word length]);

    NSRange misspelledRange = [checker rangeOfMisspelledWordInString:word range:searchRange startingAt:0 wrap:NO language:currentLanguage];
    return misspelledRange.location == NSNotFound;
}