Bing spellcheck API does not work correctly for en-AU or en-GB

Question

I'm trying to check the spelling using en-AU (or en-GB) and find that it is returning results based on en-US.

For example, words like colour and specialise which are valid in AU / GB and not in US are returned as errors with the US spelling as suggestions, or are inconsistent in what is returned.

If I send this:
https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/spellcheck?text=whart color do yu specialise in&mode=spell&mkt=en-AU
I get back 3 errors - whart, yu and spcialise
If I change the query to this:
https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/spellcheck?text=whart colour do yu specialise in&mode=spell&mkt=en-AU

I only get back 2 error - colour and specialise it is happy with.

But in Australia (or GB), colour is spelled with a 'U' where it is not in US

I'm currently testing against the free subscription.

Any ideas how to get this work correctly with en-AU?

Thanx,

Alon

Answer 1

Thanks for reaching out to us, I will report this issue to product team for investigation and fix.

Let me double click on the issue you report -

For en-AU spelling check, colour and specialise are identified as an error. We will check with product team for this issue. Will let you know once there is any update.

At the meantime, have you tried proof mode? Does it work better?

Please let us know if you see any other issue for en-AU, thanks a lot.

Regards,

Yutong