> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wproofreader.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wproofreader.com/v6.18.1/features/specialized-dictionaries.md).

# Specialized dictionaries

The specialized dictionaries extend the default/common language dictionaries, and no additional configuration is needed. Enabled by default since v5.17.0.

| Specialized dictionary | Enabled                                                                                                                                                                      | Comments                                                |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| English medical        | <ul><li>English (US)</li><li>English (UK)</li><li>English (Canada)</li><li>English (Australia)</li><li>English (New Zealand)</li><li>English (South Africa)</li></ul>        | <p>\~ 181,772 words (AmE)<br>\~ 156,565 words (BrE)</p> |
| French medical         | <ul><li>French (France)</li><li>French (Canada)</li></ul>                                                                                                                    | 24,920 words                                            |
| German medical         | <ul><li>German (Germany)</li><li>German (Switzerland)</li><li>German (Austria)</li></ul>                                                                                     | 16,089 words                                            |
| Spanish medical        | <ul><li>Spanish (Spain)</li><li>Spanish dialects (such as es\_ES, es\_MX, es\_AR, es\_CL, es\_CO, es\_CR, es\_PE, es\_PR, es\_UY)</li></ul>                                  | 6,661 words                                             |
| English legal          | <ul><li>English (US)</li><li>English (UK)</li><li>English (Canada)</li><li>English (Australia)</li><li>English (New Zealand)</li><li>English (South Africa)</li></ul>        | <p>\~ 4,719 (AmE)<br>\~ 4,865 (BrE)</p>                 |
| Italian medical        | <ul><li>Italian (Italy)</li></ul>                                                                                                                                            | 368                                                     |
| Swedish medical        | <ul><li>Swedish</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                    | 115                                                     |
| English veterinary\*   | <p></p><ul><li>English (US)</li><li>English (UK)</li><li>English (Canada)</li><li>English (Australia)</li><li>English (New Zealand)</li><li>English (South Africa)</li></ul> | \~ 200                                                  |

\**disabled by default; can be enabled on* [*self-hosted version*](/v6.18.1/deployment/configuration/application-server/appserver-parameters.md#dictionary)*; for Cloud version, it can be requested through* <support@webspellchecker.com>

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