Method and apparatus for providing spelling analysis

A computer-implemented method for providing user-specific error analysis to identify as problem words any correctly spelled words of a document that are improperly used, the method comprising:

• recording each word contained in a first document as pre-edited contents;
• receiving user edits replacing each problem word contained in the first document with a respective replacement word;
• after receiving the user edits, recording each word contained in the edited first document as post-edited contents;
• comparing the pre-edited contents to the post-edited contents to identify the problem words and the respective replacement words;
• storing the user-replaced problem words and respective replacement words to a first data structure, wherein each user-replaced problem word is associated with the respective replacement word in an individual record of the first data structure and wherein each individual record includes a field indicating a number of times a respective user-replaced problem word has been replaced by its associated replacement word;
• assigning a formatting definition to each problem word for use in identifying problem words on a display device, wherein the formatting definition is reflective, on a display device displaying the respective problem word, of the number of times the respective problem word has been replaced by its associated replacement word;
• determining whether one or more problem words are present in a second document utilizing the first data structure;
• and
• indicating each problem word present in the second document with its respective formatting definition, wherein respective problems words are displayed in respective visually distinguishable formats.