[[Obsidian Editor]] uses some kind of spell-checking system on the backend while I'll look into later, possibly tying into whatever spell checking is available on your OS. >[!NOTE] Last Updated [[2023-12-14]] # Locations ## Old Locations - on Windows: `C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\obsidian\Custom Dictionary.txt` - on macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/obsidian/Custom Dictionary.txt` - on linux: `~/.config/obsidian/Custom Dictionary.txt` ## New Locations - on Windows: `C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-GB` - on macOS: `~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary` - on Linux: `~/.config/obsidian/Custom Dictionary.txt` - There is some debate about if it is the canonical location, but the file is definitely there # Syncing When you add words to its dictionary it will be put into a new file outside of your vault directory. So it is not synced. Obsidian Sync does not support syncing dictionary contents across devices. # References - https://forum.obsidian.md/t/where-is-the-user-spell-check-dictionary-file-located/35714/2 - https://forum.obsidian.md/t/dictionary-where-is-it/66184 - https://forum.obsidian.md/t/manually-add-words-to-the-custom-obsidian-dictionary/57983 - https://forum.obsidian.md/t/custom-dictionary-txt-sync-tool/51905 - https://github.com/kquinsland/obsidian-dictionary-sync-tool