How to fix broken spell checker in Chrome

If you are using the option "Ask Google for suggestions" it seems to break everything. My spell checker came right back on as soon as I turned that option off. It's frustrating because my spelling is so bad that's the only way it knew what I was trying to spell half the time. :)

Here's what fixed this for me in Chrome 52:

1. Right click in a text area
2. Go to Spellcheck -> Language settings
3. Click on the default language
4. Make sure there's no problem with the dictionaries.

In my case, I had to download dictionaries again, after which spell checking resumed working.

There are spell checkers for specific accents only.

Instead of "English", you could add "English (US)" or "English (UK)" and enable the spell checkers for them.

Reference:

[1] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/rtHvzsF7oR4