ispell-dict-english is a set of additional English dictionaries for International Ispell. 1. British {small,medium,large} 2. American {small,large} 3. Alternative American (mostly double-l-words) {small,medium,large} As Ispell is not recompiled, they will not appear in a call to ~ispell -vv~, but you can select them manually using: ispell -d /usr/lib$LIBIDRSUFFIX/{american,british,altamer}\ {sml,med,xlg}.hash