Teach Flow your words with the dictionary
Last updated: August 21, 2026
Available on: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Flow misspelling names, technical terms, or industry jargon? The dictionary teaches Flow your vocabulary so it recognizes specialized words and corrects persistent errors automatically. Entries sync across all your devices.
When to use it
Use the dictionary when you want to:
Add names of colleagues, companies, or products Flow doesn't recognize (e.g., "Lyft," "FigJam").
Teach Flow technical acronyms or industry-specific terminology (e.g., "API," medical or legal terms).
Fix a word Flow consistently misspells the same way.
Import a large vocabulary list from a CSV file.
How it works in Flow
Key behaviors
Word and phrase boosting: Vocabulary entries improve recognition accuracy for uncommon or specialized terms.
Misspelling correction: Replacement rules swap one spelling for another as soon as you finish dictating.
Instant availability: Changes take effect right away, with no restart. On Android, your dictionary and snippets are sent to Flow once at the start of each dictation session, so a word added mid-session applies from your next session.
Auto-learned marker: Auto-learned words are marked with a ✨ sparkle icon on iOS.
Cross-device sync: Entries sync automatically between Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
Priority order: On desktop, personal words take precedence over team words for the same word, and starred words pin to the top of the list.
Automatic learning
On desktop, Flow adds words and short phrases to your dictionary as you correct dictated text.
What gets saved: Phrases of up to four words, up to four per edit — proper nouns, product and project names, acronyms, and technical terms. Ordinary wording, grammar or style fixes, capitalization-only changes, filler words, and generic phrases are not saved.
Never auto-learned: Pure insertions, pure deletions, and blank edits; anything already in your dictionary or previously deleted (re-add those manually). If Flow can't classify a phrase, nothing is saved and your edit goes through normally.
Undo and disable: A notification appears when Flow auto-learns an entry; undo the whole batch from that notification. Turn automatic learning off in desktop preferences.
Best practices
Add both singular and plural forms of terms (e.g., "API" and "APIs").
Use misspelling correction for words Flow gets wrong the same way every time — it's more reliable than adding the word alone.
Keep entries short; very long phrases are not accepted.
Star your most important words for higher priority during dictation.
Review your dictionary periodically to remove outdated terms.
How to use the dictionary
Add words to your dictionary
Mac and Windows
Open the Wispr Flow app.
Click Dictionary in the left sidebar.
Click Add new.
Enter the word or phrase you want Flow to recognize.
Click Save.
Dictate a phrase using the new word. If Flow transcribes it correctly, the entry is working.
iOS
Open the Wispr Flow app.
Tap Dictionary at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the + button.
Enter the word or phrase you want Flow to recognize.
Tap Save.
Dictate a phrase using the new word. If Flow transcribes it correctly, the entry is working.
On the All tab, enterprise users get a "Share with team" toggle; on the Shared-with-team tab, new words are shared automatically. The "Correct a misspelling" toggle appears only when adding a new word.
Android
Open Wispr Flow.
Tap Dictionary at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the + button, which appears once your dictionary finishes loading.
Enter the word you want Flow to recognize.
Tap Add.
Dictate a phrase using the new word. If Flow transcribes it correctly, the entry is working.
Android rejects entries that are empty, longer than 60 characters, already in your dictionary, or already used as a snippet trigger, and explains which in an inline message.
Note: Words must be 1–60 characters on Android. Other platforms also enforce a maximum length; shorten a word if it's rejected as too long. Duplicates are rejected on all platforms.
Fix persistent misspellings
If Flow keeps transcribing a word incorrectly (e.g., "Draught" instead of "Draft"):
Go to Dictionary and click Add new (or tap + on iOS).
Enter the correct spelling (e.g., "Draft").
Toggle on Correct a misspelling.
Enter the wrong spelling Flow keeps producing (e.g., "Draught").
Click or tap Save.
Dictate a phrase that would trigger the misspelling. If Flow produces the correct spelling, the replacement is active.
Important: Each word can only have one replacement rule. To change a correction, edit the existing entry rather than creating a new one.
Add a correction to an imported word
Words imported from a CSV file appear in your Vocabulary list and can have a correction added later.
Open Dictionary and find the imported word — look for the upload icon next to the entry.
Click the entry to open it.
Toggle on Correct a misspelling.
Enter the incorrect spelling Flow keeps producing.
Click Save.
On desktop, you can also add a plain word first and attach a replacement rule later; Flow treats this as an update to the existing entry.
Edit or delete entries
Mac and Windows
To edit: Click the entry, make your changes, and click Save.
To delete: Click the trash icon next to the entry, then confirm.
To bulk edit: Select multiple entries with Cmd/Ctrl+click, Shift+click, or Shift+Arrow keys, then bulk delete with Cmd/Ctrl+Delete.
iOS
To edit: Tap any entry, make your changes, and tap Save.
To delete: Swipe left on the entry, then confirm.
Android
To edit: Swipe right on the word. Your changes replace the existing entry.
To delete: Swipe left and confirm in the dialog.
Search your dictionary
Mac and Windows
Press Cmd+F (Mac) or Ctrl+F (Windows) to open search, or click the magnifying glass icon. Press "/" to focus search when you're not typing in an input, and Escape to close it.
Search filters in real time and matches both the word and its replacement.
To add an entry from the keyboard, press Cmd+N (Mac) or Ctrl+N (Windows), or press "c" when not typing in an input.
iOS
Search is not available on iOS — browse the list to find entries.
Android
Type in the search bar at the top of the dictionary screen to filter entries in real time.
If the dictionary fails to load, tap Retry.
Star a word (Mac and Windows)
Starring gives a word higher priority during dictation, so it's recognized first when Flow encounters conflicting or numerous dictionary items.
Click the star icon next to any dictionary entry.
Click the star again to remove it.
Dictate a phrase containing the starred word. If Flow transcribes it correctly against similar-sounding words, the star is active.
Filter your dictionary
Android
Users in an organization see filter chips: All, Personal, and Shared with team. Everyone else sees a flat list with no filters.
Sort your dictionary (Mac and Windows)
Starred first: Starred words move to the top, with ties broken by most recently modified.
Newest first: Most recently added entries appear at the top.
Oldest first: Earliest entries appear at the top.
Alphabetical (A–Z): Entries sorted alphabetically.
Your sort preference is saved automatically. iOS sorts by most recently modified with alphabetical tiebreakers; Android has no sort controls.
Copy or move a word (iOS)
Long-press an entry to open a menu with Copy, Edit, Delete, and — for team accounts, on personal words, on the All and Personal tabs only — Move to team dictionary. When a replacement is set, Copy copies the correct spelling, not the misspelling.
Bulk import from CSV (Mac and Windows)
Go to Settings → Experimental and enable Bulk Import.
Return to the Dictionary page and click Import.
Select a CSV file with one column (vocabulary words) or two columns (misspelling/correction pairs), or drag and drop it onto the upload zone.
Imported words appear in your Vocabulary list with an upload icon, and you can add or edit corrections for them at any time. If every item in your file is a duplicate, the preview shows "All N items already exist in your dictionary" and the button changes to "Done". Only .csv files are accepted.
Note: Bulk import supports up to 1,000 entries per file and a 3MB maximum file size, and covers both dictionary words and snippets. Duplicates — within the file or against your existing dictionary — are skipped, as are malformed rows and rows with more than two columns; the preview summary counts duplicates only. Quoted fields are supported, so commas inside quotes won't split a value.
Examples
Adding a colleague's name
Problem: Flow transcribes "McKenzie" as "Mackenzie."
Solution: Add "McKenzie" to your dictionary.
Result: Flow recognizes "McKenzie" when you speak it.
Fixing a persistent misspelling
Problem: Flow keeps transcribing "Draft" as "Draught."
Solution: Add "Draft" with Correct a misspelling enabled, entering "Draught" as the misspelling.
Result: Flow replaces "Draught" with "Draft."
Adding technical acronyms
Problem: Flow transcribes "API" as "A.P.I." or "a pie."
Solution: Add both "API" and "APIs" to your dictionary.
Result: Flow recognizes both singular and plural forms correctly.
Auto-learning a product name phrase
Problem: Flow transcribes "Project Northstar" as "project north star."
Solution: Correct the dictated text to "Project Northstar." Flow detects the proper noun phrase and adds it to your dictionary.
Result: Flow recognizes "Project Northstar" in future dictations.
FAQs
What's the difference between adding a word and correcting a misspelling?
Adding a word helps Flow recognize it during transcription. Correcting a misspelling replaces one word with another. Use misspelling correction when Flow consistently produces a specific wrong spelling.
How do team dictionaries work?
On Team and Business plans, admins create shared entries that apply to all members automatically, and individual users can still add personal entries. Personal entries take precedence over team entries for the same word.
Can a word be both a dictionary entry and a snippet trigger?
On Android, no — a word can only be one or the other, and Flow shows a message if you try to add a word already used in the other list. On desktop and iOS, you can add the same word as both.
Why aren't my replacement rules working on iOS or Android?
Check that you're signed in and that your dictionary is syncing across your devices.
Why didn't Flow auto-learn a phrase I corrected?
The phrase may already exist in your dictionary, may have been previously deleted, or may not meet the criteria under Automatic learning. If Flow couldn't classify the phrase, your edit still went through normally.
Can I export my dictionary?
There is no built-in export feature. Contact support if you need to migrate a large dictionary.
Limitations and notes
Each word can only have one replacement rule.
Automatic learning is available on desktop only.
Bulk import is available on Mac and Windows only.
Team dictionary features require membership in an organization with an active or trialing team/business subscription. On desktop, that membership is sufficient (Team and Business are treated the same), and paying users in an organization that has not started its trial also get team features. On iOS you must both belong to an organization and hold a Team or Business plan.
Android does not support starring, sorting, or bulk import. Replacement rules can only be created on desktop or iOS — the Android add/edit dialog has a single word field, and editing a word there keeps its existing replacement unchanged. Android still stores and applies replacement rules synced from your other devices.
iOS does not have search — browse the list to find entries.
Still need help?
Reach out to our support team if:
A dictionary word still isn't recognized after you've added it and restarted Flow.
A bulk CSV import fails or skips entries you expected to import.
You need to export or migrate a large dictionary.
Include your platform (Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android), your Wispr Flow version, and an example word that isn't behaving as expected. Most dictionary issues are resolved in one reply.