Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says Auto-Correction on iPhone uses the keyboard dictionary to spellcheck words as you type.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Auto-Correction uses your keyboard dictionary to spellcheck words as you type”
How to use Auto-Correction and predictive text on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, Apple Support, n.d., Auto-Correction section, opening sentence.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is Apple's description of typing on the keyboard. The page does not say whether dictated words are checked the same way.
- What it does not show
- The page is about typing. Do not read it as a description of how Dictation chooses spellings.