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[ELI5] Why does autocorrect insist that the first letter of a misspelled word is more important than the rest of it? : explainlikeimfive

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Technology [ELI5] Why does autocorrect insist that the first letter of a misspelled word is more important than the rest of it?[ELI5] Why does autocorrect insist that the first letter of a misspelled word is more important than the rest of it? (self.explainlikeimfive)

For example, if I spell "umportant", it's easy for us to recognise that it's supposed to be "important", but autocorrect insists that it's something like "umbrella", or I guess more logically "unimportant", even though "important" is only 1 correction away.

Wuick gets the suggestions Wicked, Which, Wucky, Whickham, Whicker, Wick, Wickets, Wicket, and Wickham. None of which are "Quick", what I intended to write.

Dence gets the suggestions Dance, December, Denied, Dancers, Decent, Dense, Dench, and Deuce. None of which are "Fence".

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