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iPhone autocorrect question

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GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 12:08

My iPhone, for some reason only known to itself, always wants to write woukd instead of ‘would’. It even autocorrects ‘would’ to woukd. It’s driving me mad. How can I make it forget that a combination of letters such as ‘woukd’ even exists?

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PancakeClock · 16/03/2026 12:21

Check in Settings - Keyboard - Text replacement. Has ‘woukd’ accidentally been added in there?

Catwalking · 16/03/2026 12:22

edited to delete repeat of previous post.

then thought if that ⬆️ doesn’t work, maybe do the old fashioned switch off & on again?

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 16/03/2026 12:30

Not sure how to fix it but this woukd really annoy me.

begonefoulclutter · 16/03/2026 12:42

You think that's bad - my old phone would always autocorrect OK to Oklahoma!

GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 12:57

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 16/03/2026 12:30

Not sure how to fix it but this woukd really annoy me.

😄

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GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 13:00

PancakeClock · 16/03/2026 12:21

Check in Settings - Keyboard - Text replacement. Has ‘woukd’ accidentally been added in there?

UPDATE…
I did that and in text replacement, it said ‘wo’ for ‘would ‘. I changed it to ‘would’ for ‘would ‘.
And now woukd seems to not be the first option!!
would would would

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GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 13:00

Thanks all - hopefully issue is fixed. You would think so, right?
(Now ‘would ‘ doesn’t look like a proper word as I’ve written it so much.)

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justabigdisco · 16/03/2026 13:03

Mine does this, - it changes ‘with’ to ‘wjth’. I think it’s because I have typed it wrongly myself so many times it has learned the wrong spelling

PancakeClock · 16/03/2026 13:10

Glad it worked!

Blondeshavemorefun · 16/03/2026 13:14

raw carrots are often raw catguts - interesting on recipe threads 😂

and choc is cock

and courage turned to courgette

which made my friend laugh as I said she had great courage - but came out as she had great courgette

she was battling cancer - sadly she died last year but she always said how funny that text was and made her laugh

tobee · 16/03/2026 16:18

Autocorrect and Apple text or whatever it calls itself has got worse and worse recently. And it’s always Americanises everything. It used to be much better and learned from what you write. I’m always seeing mistakes on here that are obvious autocorrect fails.

I often write “r u ok?” And it always seems to think I must be talking about r kelly 🤨

Blondeshavemorefun · 16/03/2026 17:58

begonefoulclutter · 16/03/2026 12:42

You think that's bad - my old phone would always autocorrect OK to Oklahoma!

And Phil is Ohio 😂

GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 19:52

begonefoulclutter · 16/03/2026 12:42

You think that's bad - my old phone would always autocorrect OK to Oklahoma!

😂

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GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 19:53

Blondeshavemorefun · 16/03/2026 13:14

raw carrots are often raw catguts - interesting on recipe threads 😂

and choc is cock

and courage turned to courgette

which made my friend laugh as I said she had great courage - but came out as she had great courgette

she was battling cancer - sadly she died last year but she always said how funny that text was and made her laugh

🥰 That’s a lovely memory.

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GothicNovel · 16/03/2026 19:54

Chortling away at ‘are u ok’ turning into R Kelly

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