510253 - Spellchecker incorrectly flags "fulfill" as misspelled

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 499593

(Core :: Spelling checker, defect)

Description

[u71076]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.13

If you type the word "fulfill" into a field in Firefox, the spellchecker flags it as a misspelling. If you change this to "fulfil", the spellchecker consents.

According to Merriam Webster, "fulfill" is the main spelling of the word. "fulfil" is just a variant. The spellchecker should allow both variations.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fulfill

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type the word "fulfill" into a text field.
2. The spellchecker will underline it, indicating that the word is misspelled.
3. This is actually the primary, correct spelling of the word.

Comment 1

[Guillaume Parent]

I get the opposite behavior - fulfil is flagged as a spelling mistake while fulfill is shown as correct. I am using Firefox en-US 3.5.

Comment 2

[Sandeep]

I get the opposite behavior too. I am using FF 3.5.2 on XP X86. It can be a Linux version issue as your platform is x86 Linux