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. 2004 May-Jun;11(3):179–185. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M1474

Table 2.

Percent of Misspelled Words (N = 11,589) for Which the Correct Word Was Found

Search Method* % with Correct Word Ranked #1 % with Correct Word Ranked #1–10 % with Correct Word Found at All
Aspell/Med/No Re-sort 64.1 82.8 84.9
Aspell/Med/Re-sort 70.8 83.9 84.9
Aspell/Comp/No Re-sort 59.5 85.9 92.3
Aspell/Comp/Re-sort 76.2 91.2 92.3
Gspell/Med/No Re-sort 53.7 69.8 73.3
Gspell/Med/Re-sort 59.4 70.8 73.3
Gspell/Comp/No Re-sort 53.7 73.7 79.4
Gspell/Comp/Re-sort 64.3 77.2 79.4
*

Chi-square test shows dependence between the search method and each of the three binary outcomes (p-value < 0.0001).