---
id: TASK-042
title: 'Spellcheck: accept common contractions'
status: "\U0001F3C1 Done"
assignee: []
created_date: '2026-07-14 02:44'
updated_date: '2026-07-14 02:45'
labels:
  - bug
dependencies: []
priority: high
ordinal: 41000
---

## Description

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Spellchecker flagged everyday contractions (isn't, won't, I'd, they've, y'all) because the wordlist stores no apostrophe forms and Known() only trimmed possessive 's/'. Fix: curated builtin contraction set (internal/spell/contractions.go) checked in Known(), plus curly->straight apostrophe normalization so 'isn't' and 'isn’t' both match. Kills the manual-add annoyance.
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## Acceptance Criteria
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- [ ] #1 Common n't/'d/'ll/'re/'ve/'m/'s contractions not flagged
- [ ] #2 Case-insensitive and curly-apostrophe forms accepted
- [ ] #3 Non-contraction apostrophe tokens (qwerty'll) still flagged
- [ ] #4 Tests cover the above
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