InDesign 15.1.1 English dictionary missing plural word spellings
Since the update every plural word version is not in the dictionary. Simple, basic words like 'years' and 'days' now show as a spelling error. It was working fine before the latest update. Get it fixed - it's pointless having the spellchecker when so many basic words are missing!

Hi,
The fix for this issue is present in the latest version 16.1 of InDesign. Please upgrade your InDesign version from the Creative Cloud Desktop application to try out the fix.
Please let us know in comments or by emailing at pgaurav@adobe.com in case the issue is still happening for you
Thanks
23 comments
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Paul commented
"We will review it shortly" — That Admin comment isn't aging well. Six months later!
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Anonymous commented
This is still an issue - December 2020. Or is there a workaround?
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Steve commented
Still not fixed - it's not even consistent in picking out the same word in the same para - screengrab attached
Please get we even get a response - this is making Adobe look unprofessional.
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Anonymous commented
Still not fixed - c'mon Adobe
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Ben Marshall commented
Still not fixed
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[Deleted User] commented
Still not fixed, what a nightmare. Useless, time to look for some alternatives.
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Anonymous commented
Absolutely unbelievable. Though to be fair, Adobe tirelessly work in some basic functionality bug every single yet.
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Anonymous commented
When is this going to be fixed?
I'm spell checking large reports and this is very time consuming.
Really hope its fixed soon
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Joel Goodman commented
I'm having the same issue. Also, every time I use the spellchecker; InDesign crashes. Completely disappears. Brochure/Book/Magazine publishing has become virtually useless in InDesign with this bug
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[Deleted User] commented
I am also finding plurals are consistently being flagged as spelling errors. Any fixes yet, Adobe?
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Steve commented
Any update please, or any response at all? This is costing us time and effort going to press every week.
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Matthew Stuart commented
Yes, please update us. I have tried changing the dictionary preferences from Hunspell to Proximity, and I am now being told words that are spelled correctly are now incorrect... words that were not picked up under Hunspell settings.
Also, I have just accidentally clicked 'Flag idea as inappropriate'. SORRY! Obviously, there is nothing inappropriate about it!
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Sebastian commented
Hi there. I was wondering if there were any updates on this? Thanks in advanced!
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Steve commented
Any update on this - is it confirmed as a bug, or is there a scheduled fix?
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Matt commented
I cannot believe this bug exists. A powerful platform that is meant to elevate content and design, holds you back and drags you down by not understanding the simple concept of a PLURAL... Ridiculous.
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Filip Blazek commented
Btw. the Czech dictionary Winsoft is completely broken in CC2020: it marks all words starting with lower case letter as wrong and recommends capitalising ALL words. Unfortunately the Winsoft dictionary is the only option as both Hunspell and Proximity are really bad. I will log a separate bug.
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Phil King commented
As a workaround, you can go to Preferences > Dictionary and change the Spelling dropdown from Hunspell to Proximity. Plurals then won't come up as being misspelled.
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Bec commented
Same plural spell check bug reported here:
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/40762441-indesign-15-1-1-english-dictionary-missing-plural -
Anonymous commented
Please update Indesign to gix this bug. Plurals are comming up as erroneous words.
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Bec commented
Please fix!
Screenshot attached, showing English (UK) Dictionary on the left returning spelling errors for plural words, versus English (USA) Dictionary on the right.