Automatically correct simple spelling mistakes in zsh?

Question

How do I tell zsh to correct simple spelling mistakes automatically?

For example: I want lsbkl to automatically be corrected to lsblk, after hitting Enter, without showing zsh: correct 'lsbkl' to 'lsblk' [nyae]?.

Is this possible to achieve?

Related: [How to make the zsh “correct” functionality remember my spell-correction decisions](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/193552) — Devon, Apr 19 '21 at 07:37

Marlon Richert · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-20T18:47:03.303

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This will autocorrect the word to the left of the cursor whenever you press Space or Enter:

autocorrect() {
  zle .spell-word
  zle .$WIDGET
}
zle -N accept-line autocorrect
zle -N magic-space autocorrect
bindkey ' ' magic-space

edited Apr 20 '21 at 18:47

answered Apr 19 '21 at 12:14

Marlon Richert

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I don't want to define the corrections by hand though. – weisbrja Apr 20 '21 at 08:11
@weisbrja I updated my answer with a solution that doesn't require manually defining corrections. Please have a look. – Marlon Richert Apr 20 '21 at 10:03
Thank you so much. That is literally perfect! – weisbrja Apr 21 '21 at 11:06

Automatically correct simple spelling mistakes in zsh?

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