Did You Mean? (Spell-check)

A single typo is enough to make a search return nothing. Freedam catches common spelling mistakes in the search bar and gently suggests the correct version.

What It Looks Like

When you type a word that doesn't match anything in your library but resembles a word that does, a small Did you mean: row appears at the top of the suggestions dropdown.

For example:

You type suset. The dropdown shows Did you mean: sunset.
You type recepie. The dropdown shows Did you mean: recipe.
You type Amsterdm. The dropdown shows Did you mean: Amsterdam.

How to Use It

Type your query. Don't worry if you're unsure of the spelling.
If the spell-check finds a close match, you'll see Did you mean: [correct word] in the dropdown.
Click the suggestion, or highlight it with ↑ / ↓ and press Enter, to re-run the search with the correct spelling.
The Gallery now shows the intended results.

When It Triggers

The spell-check only proposes a correction when:

Your word returns few or no results (three or fewer by default - your administrator can tune this), and
A very similar word (usually off by one or two letters) matches much better.

If the word you typed already returns a healthy set of results - or if no close alternative exists - no prompt appears and the search runs as typed.

What It's Not

It's not a dictionary. Spell-check uses words that actually appear in your library, not a general English dictionary. This is good news: it will catch brand names, product codes and internal vocabulary that a regular spell-checker would mark as wrong.
It's not automatic. The Gallery never silently runs a corrected search instead of the one you typed. You always see and choose the correction.

Tips

Type confidently. If you're guessing a spelling, the prompt will steer you to the real word without penalising you.
Use it to learn your own library. The suggestions show you which spellings are actually in use - helpful when your organisation has multiple variants of a term (for example, "e-commerce" versus "ecommerce").
Combine with suggestions. Even without a "Did you mean" prompt, the suggestions dropdown often shows the correct word as a completion, which you can click to replace your typed text.

Troubleshooting

No "Did you mean" prompt appears

The word you typed may already return enough results on its own, even if it's not what you meant. Spell-check only triggers when a search comes back with few or no results.
Your typo may be too far from any known word for the system to be confident about a correction. Try editing a letter or two and retyping.

I see "Did you mean" but its suggestion is wrong

Ignore it and keep typing - or pick a different word from the suggestions under it. The spell-check is a hint, never a command: press Enter without highlighting the suggestion and your query runs as you typed it.