Dictionaries

This page lists spell checker dictionaries, hyphenation files, and thesauri for OpenOffice.org.

You are free to add other resources, but please note that files which are supposed to be installable using OpenOffice.org's integrated wizard (DicOOo, see File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries) need to be hosted on the official server (ftp.services.openoffice.org). Please contact the lingucomponent mailing list or dnaber at openoffice org to upload your files there.

Afrikaans (South Africa)

• Spelling 2004-08-10
• Pack 2004-08-10

Bulgarian (Bulgaria)

• Spelling 2004-04-05
• Hyphenation 2004-04-02
• Pack 2003-11-05

Catalan (Spain)

• Spelling 2002-10-15
• Pack 2002-10-15

Chichewa (Malawi)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Croatian (Croatia)

• Spelling 2006-06-07
• Pack 2006-06-07

Czech (Czech Republic)

• Spelling 2003-01-01
• Hyphenation 2003-12-27
• Thesaurus 2004-08-20
• Pack 2004-08-20

Danish (Denmark)

• Spelling 2005-03-30
• Hyphenation 2004-04-02
• Pack 2005-02-10

Dutch (Netherlands)

• Spelling 2005-06-17
• Hyphenation 2005-06-17
• Pack 2003-10-12

English (Australia)

• Spelling:
  • English (United States) 2004-06-23
  • English (United Kingdom) 2004-02-08
  • English (Australia) 2003-03-29
  • English (Canada) 2002-03-15
  • English (New Zealand) 2002-05-18
• Hyphenation:
  • English (United States) 2002-07-27
  • English (United Kingdom) 2002-07-27
  • English (Canada) 2002-07-27
• Thesaurus:
  • British and American English, requires OpenOffice.org 2.x or later, 2006-03-06
• Pack 2003-11-05

Esperanto (anywhere)

• Spelling 2004-11-29
• Pack 2004-11-29

Faroese (Faroe Islands)

• Spelling 2005-03-07
• Pack 2005-01-15

Fijian (Fiji)

• See iosn.net 2005-08-11

Finnish (Finland)

• Spelling 2002-11-20
• Hyphenation 2004-04-10
• Pack 2004-04-11

French

• Spelling:
  • French (France) 2002-06-08
  • French (Belgium) 2003-06-19
• Hyphenation:
  • French (France) 2002-07-27
  • French (Belgium) 2003-06-19
• Thesaurus:
  • French Thesaurus, requires OpenOffice.org 2.x or later, 2005-06-09
• Pack 2005-06-09

Galician (Spain)

• Spelling 2003-08-09
• Pack 2003-08-09

German

• Spelling:
  • German (Germany - neue Rechtschreibung seit 8/2006) by Franz Michael Baumann, requires OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 or later, 2006-08-18
  • German (Germany) by Björn Jacke 2003-06-17
  • German (Austria) by Björn Jacke 2003-08-16
  • German (Switzerland) by Björn Jacke 2003-02-28
  • German (Germany - mit Komposita, alte & neue Rechtschreibung) by Eleonora 2005-06-10
  • German (Germany - mit Komposita, neue Rechtschreibung) by Eleonora 2005-06-10
• Hyphenation:
  • German (Germany) 2002-07-27
  • German (Switzerland) 2002-07-27
• Thesaurus (get the latest version from OpenThesaurus):
  • German (Germany), requires OpenOffice.org 2.x or later, 2006-02-20
  • German (Switzerland), requires OpenOffice.org 2.x or later, 2006-02-20
• Pack 2005-11-02

Greek (Greece)

• Spelling 2004-12-20
• Hyphenation 2005-10-18
• Pack 2004-09-01

Hebrew (Israel)

• Spelling 2005-01-12

Hungarian (Hungary)

• Spelling 2004-04-02
• Hyphenation 2004-04-02
• Thesaurus 2003-09-29, NOTE: works with OpenOffice.org 1.x only!
• Pack 2004-04-02

Icelandic (Iceland)

• Hyphenation 2003-09-20
• Pack 2004-04-06

Indonesian (Indonesia)

• Spelling 2004-04-10
• Hyphenation 2004-04-06
• Pack 2004-04-10

Interlingua (x-register)

• Spelling 2003-08-07
• Hyphenation 2005-03-07
• Pack 2003-08-07

Irish (Ireland)

• Spelling 2005-01-08
• Hyphenation 2004-02-20
• Pack 2004-04-05

Italian (Italy)

• Spelling:
  • Italian dictionary (dizionario italiano) (2.3 beta 2006-07-23) home page
  • Italian surname dictionary (dizionario dei cognomi italiani) (1.02 2006-08-20) home page
• Hyphenation 2003-08-09
• Thesaurus, 2005-02-10, NOTE: works with OpenOffice.org 1.x only!
• Pack 2005-02-10

Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Kiswahili (Africa)

• Spelling 2004-05-16
• Pack 2004-05-16

Kurdish (Turkey)

• Spelling 2005-01-21
• Pack 2005-01-21

Latin (x-register)

• Spelling 2002-05-05
• Pack 2002-05-05

Latvian (Latvia)

• Spelling 2005-04-01

Lithuanian (Lithuania)

• Spelling 2003-12-31
• Hyphenation 2004-01-10
• Pack 2004-04-05

Malagasy (Madagascar)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Malay (Malaysia)

• Spelling 2005-01-17
• Pack 2005-01-17

Maori (New Zealand)

• Spelling 2003-09-09
• Pack 2003-09-09

Marathi (India)

• Spelling 2006-09-26
• Pack 2006-09-26

Norwegian

• Spelling:
  • Norwegian Bokmaal (Norway) 2005-03-15
  • Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway) 2005-01-12
• Pack 2005-01-12

Polish (Poland)

• Spelling 2006-07-23
• Hyphenation 2006-07-26
• Thesaurus requires OpenOffice.org 2.x or later, 2006-05-28
• Pack 2006-07-26

Portuguese

• Spelling:
  • Portuguese (Portugal) 2002-06-29
  • Portuguese (Brazil) 2003-01-10
• Hyphenation:
  • Portuguese (Portugal) 2002-10-21
  • Portuguese (Brazil) 2002-10-21
• Pack 2003-12-30

Romanian (Romania)

• Spelling 2005-02-27
• Hyphenation 2005-02-21
• Pack 2004-04-05

Russian

• Spelling:
  • Russian (Russia) 2004-04-06
  • Russian ye (Russia) 2003-09-11
  • Russian yo (Russia) 2004-04-06
• Hyphenation 2002-07-27
• Pack 2004-04-06

Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Setswana (Africa)

• Spelling 2004-05-16
• Pack 2004-05-16

Slovak (Slovakia)

• Spelling 2005-02-28
• Hyphenation 2003-12-27
• Thesaurus
• Pack 2004-01-16

Slovenian (Slovenia)

• Spelling 2002-10-08
• Hyphenation 2002-10-03
• Pack 2002-10-08

Spanish

• Spelling:
  • Spanish (Spain-etal) 2005-05-10
  • Spanish (Mexico) 2005-05-05
  • Math_es_ES 2004-04-05
• Hyphenation 2004-08-10
• Pack 2005-01-18

Swedish (Sweden)

• Spelling 2003-08-14
• Hyphenation 2003-08-14
• Pack 2003-08-14

Tagalog (Philippines)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Tetum (Indonesia)

• Spelling 2005-01-08

Ukrainian (Ukraine)

• Spelling 2005-11-10
• Hyphenation 2005-03-07
• Pack 2003-10-16

Welsh (Wales)

• Spelling 2004-04-25
• Pack 2004-04-28

Zulu (Africa)

• Spelling 2004-05-16