Adding Dictionaries for Spellcheck
Following these steps you can add additional dictionaries to iA Writer for Windows. The example below details adding a Brazilian Portuguese dictionary.
Downloading
iA Writer uses hunspell dictionaries which can be found all over the web. A good resource is the OpenOffice website: here
- Navigate to the OpenOffice (Portuguese) dictionary website here.
- Click on “Download extension“.
This will download the file
vero_pt_br_v208aoc.oxt
. Note: some browsers may present a warning when downloading files with.oxt
extension. This is ok.
- Rename file to
vero_pt_br_v208aoc.zip
For additional languages – go to Search and type in the language in the Search box. Repeat steps 1 & 2 above.
Installing
Once downloaded and unzipped, you’ll want to move your dictionary files into place for use in iA Writer.

- Extract the desired language pair(s).
- Quit iA Writer and navigate to:
Admin Install:Program Files → iA Writer → Dictionaries
Single User:C:\Users\{your user name}\AppData\Local\Programs\iA Writer
- Copy the language pair (.aff & .dic) files here.
- Relaunch iA Writer and navigate to:
File → Preferences → Editor → Spellcheck
- Select desired dictionary from drop down list.