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How to turn off predictive text keyboard dictionary in iphone

Gone crazy with that iphone builtin predictive keyboard dictionary? correcting and annoying you with every word replacement? well there is really simple way to fix it! and stop it from bugging you!. And NO! its not by adding any new application or anything, infact apple has provided the settings in the iphone! for those who try to look for them! :)

How to turn off dictionary in iphone?

When the user uses the application which utilizes the keyboard feature, such as sms or notes application, iphone turns on auto correct predictive dictionary and fixes the mis spelled items in the text itself. However, these words can usually not be mis spelled, and / or done intentionally, to avoid message from crossing 140 letters limit, or just for the sake of typing habit!

Steps turn off predictive text keyboard dictionary in iPhone

Well the solution is relatively easy (atleast in my case! using iphone 3g, version 2.2 – 4.2.1). You don’t need to install any application or sources, or repositories, simply goto your iphone home page and follow the steps below.

1. By clicking on the settings icon on your main page of iphone 3g, you will get into the settings main page.

2. Goto General tab in the iphone settings main page and scroll down to the bottom / till you get Keyboard tab on the screen

3. Once inside the general settings tab, scroll down, to see the keyboard tab, select this to go to the keyboard related options page.

4. So, simple when you are in the keyboard settings page, just switch the auto-correction from ON to OFF and voila! it will remove that feature from the keyboard using applicaitons, which bug you with the autocorrect predictive dictionary!

Please note, you can also change the language of the dictionary, if you don’t want to disable it, but to change its language!

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