# TXSpell > Spell checking without a WPF window: the TXSpell class of TXTextControl.TXSpell.Core.SDK for services, servers and Linux, compared with the XAML TXSpellChecker. - **Product:** TX Spell .NET for WPF - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Spell .NET for WPF > Overview > Components > TXSpell - **1340 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/txspell/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/txspell/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/txspell/llms-full.txt --- Not every text that needs checking is in a window. A service that validates form input, a batch job that checks documents before they are published, or the server behind the Document Editor of TX Text Control .NET Server needs spell checking without dialogs or menus. `TXSpell` is the class for that: the spell checking engine of TX Spell .NET without a user interface. ### What TXSpell Is The class is `TXTextControl.Proofing.TXSpell`. It checks text, creates suggestions, hyphenates words, looks up synonyms and detects languages, with the same language data as the [TXSpellChecker](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/txspellchecker/llms-full.txt) component. It has no dialogs, no context menu items and no events: your code calls a method and reads the result. Unlike `TXSpellChecker`, it must always be initialized with `Create`, and it connects to TX Text Control only through the `ServerTextControl` of TX Text Control .NET Server, not to the `TextControl` of WPF. [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/architecture/#the-two-classes) compares the two classes. Use `TXSpellChecker` when a WPF control shows the text; the class description in the reference recommends it for text components. Use `TXSpell` everywhere else. ### Where It Runs `TXSpell` is in *TXSpell.dll*, the assembly that all TX Spell .NET packages share. The package `TXTextControl.TXSpell.Core.SDK` contains only this assembly, its German resources, the license file and the US English language data. It targets .NET 8 and doesn't depend on TX Text Control or any other package, so it runs in: - console applications, services and ASP.NET Core applications; - on Windows and on Linux, for example in a Docker container; - together with the `ServerTextControl` and the Document Editor of TX Text Control .NET Server. The setup of TX Spell .NET for WPF provides the package through the package source **Text Control Offline Packages**. Without TX Text Control, an application that uses it is published without a target runtime. The blog article [Document Editor with TX Spell .NET on Linux using ASP.NET Core](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/01/28/document-editor-tx-spell-net-linux-aspnet-core/) runs it in a Linux container. ### How You Work With It 1. Create an instance and call [Create](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/create-method/llms-full.txt). It loads the language data; before it, every check throws an exception that asks for it. 2. Call a method: [Check](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/check-method/llms-full.txt), [CreateSuggestions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/createsuggestions-method/llms-full.txt), [GetHyphenationPoints](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/gethyphenationpoints-method/llms-full.txt), [CreateSynonyms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/createsynonyms-method/llms-full.txt) or [DetectLanguageScopes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/detectlanguagescopes-method/llms-full.txt). 3. Read the result from the matching property, such as [IncorrectWords](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/incorrectwords-property/llms-full.txt) or [Suggestions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/suggestions-property/llms-full.txt). `TXSpell` doesn't implement `IDisposable`, so it needs no `using` statement. With TX Text Control .NET Server, assign the instance to the [SpellChecker](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/servertextcontrol/spellchecker-property/llms-full.txt) property of a `ServerTextControl`, which then finds the misspelled words and hyphenates documents in code. [Checking Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/in-code/llms-full.txt) builds a console application with `TXSpell` step by step, from creating the project to running it. ### Key Members | Member | Purpose | |---|---| | [Create](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/create-method/llms-full.txt) | Loads the language data; call it first | | [Check](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/check-method/llms-full.txt), [IncorrectWords](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/incorrectwords-property/llms-full.txt) | Check a text, and the words found | | [CreateSuggestions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/createsuggestions-method/llms-full.txt), [Suggestions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/suggestions-property/llms-full.txt) | Suggestions for a word | | [IgnoreWord](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/ignoreword-property/llms-full.txt), [IgnoreCase](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/ignorecase-property/llms-full.txt) | Which words are skipped | | [Dictionaries](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/dictionaries-property/llms-full.txt), [Language](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/language-property/llms-full.txt) | The dictionaries, and the default one | | [GetHyphenationPoints](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/gethyphenationpoints-method/llms-full.txt), [HyphenationLists](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/hyphenationlists-property/llms-full.txt) | Hyphenation points of a word | | [CreateSynonyms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/createsynonyms-method/llms-full.txt), [SynonymLists](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/synonymlists-property/llms-full.txt) | Synonyms of a word | | [DetectLanguageScopes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/detectlanguagescopes-method/llms-full.txt), [LanguageScopes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/languagescopes-property/llms-full.txt) | The languages of a text | | [DictionariesDirectoryPath](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/dictionariesdirectorypath-property/llms-full.txt) | The folder of the dictionaries, and like it the folders of the other language data | The [TXSpell](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell/llms-full.txt) reference lists all members. ### Next Steps - [Checking Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/in-code/llms-full.txt): the console application, step by step. - [Incorrect Words and Suggestions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/spell-checking/suggestions/llms-full.txt): the results of `Check` and `CreateSuggestions`. - [Hyphenating Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/hyphenation/in-code/llms-full.txt): hyphenation points of words. - [TXSpellChecker](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/txspellchecker/llms-full.txt): the component with a user interface. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Context Menu and Suggestion Controls](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/context-menu/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Supported Platforms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/overview/platforms/llms-full.txt)