Spell Checker for the Indonesian Language: Extensive Review

Abstract

Abstract— Typographical errors are common in written languages, including Indonesian. It will, however, lead to a misunderstanding of the meaning of the words. Nevertheless, an Indonesian spell checker is still uncommon. Furthermore, no extensive literature review of spell checkers for the Indonesian language has been conducted. This study aimed to present extensive literature on spelling correction in the Indonesian language. The methods used were discovering any literature related to the study topic for the period 2017-2022, applying some keywords, and enforcing inclusion and exclusion criteria. According to the findings of this study, in the previous five years, research on spell checkers has increased, and many researchers from various provinces in Indonesia have used different methods or algorithms to evaluate word errors. Keywords— Indonesian language, Methods, spell checker, extensive literature review, typographical error