Teach Flow your words with the dictionary
Last updated: October 18, 2026
Available on: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Add names, technical terms, or jargon to your dictionary so Flow recognizes them, and add a correction to replace a wrong spelling that keeps appearing in finished dictation. Free-form and custom prompt requests run without your dictionary.
Add words to your dictionary
Note: On iOS, Dictionary unlocks after you dictate in another app and return to Flow. Any dictation that produces words counts; the onboarding card is optional.
Open Wispr Flow.
Select Dictionary in the left sidebar (Mac/Windows) or bottom bar (iOS/Android).
Select Add new (Mac/Windows) or + (iOS/Android).
Enter your word or phrase.
Select Add word (Mac/Windows), Save (iOS), or Add (Android).
Dictate a phrase containing the new word and check the result. If the same wrong spelling comes back, add a correction.
Platform | Length limit |
Mac and Windows | Input stops at 60 characters per word or correction field. |
iOS | 59 characters per field after surrounding spaces are trimmed. |
Android | 60 characters per word after surrounding spaces are trimmed. |
Entries Flow will not save
On mobile you can type past the limit, but the entry will not save. Empty or spaces-only entries are rejected everywhere; desktop also rejects words and misspellings made only of punctuation or symbols. Spaces around a word or correction are removed when you add, edit, or import an entry, so a word you dictated into the form works the same as one you typed.
Mac/Windows and iOS block duplicates within the dictionary you are adding to, so a personal and a shared copy of the same word can coexist; a word that differs from an existing one only by surrounding spaces counts as the same entry. Android blocks duplicates that differ only in capitalization and blocks snippet triggers, except when you re-save an unchanged word or only change its capitalization.
If + is missing on Android
If no words are stored on the device and loading fails, + is hidden. Select Retry under “Something went wrong. Please try again.” A successful load restores +.
If your organization turned Dictionary off
Organizations on Growth and Enterprise plans can switch Dictionary off for everyone. While it is off, the Dictionary page and its menu entries are hidden on Mac and Windows, Flow stops learning words automatically, and adding, editing, or importing entries is blocked with a message such as “Dictionary is disabled by your organization.”
Words you already saved are kept and still apply during dictation, and they reappear in the app if your organization turns Dictionary back on. Contact your admin if you need access.
Import words from a file
On Mac and Windows, select Import on the Dictionary page to add many words at once from a file of up to 3MB and 1,000 items. Import needs no setting turned on first.
Words Flow learns on its own
On Mac and Windows, Flow adds corrected words to your personal dictionary automatically only when “auto-learn words” is on and you change the dictated text; with the setting off, nothing is learned. Not every correction becomes an entry, and Flow announces batches of learned words in a notification. Edit or delete an auto-learned entry like any other.
Skipped: File names and paths, web addresses and domains, partial email addresses, code symbols, keys, hashes, IDs, numbers, dates, markdown, emoji, everyday words, very common names such as John, Sarah, or Mike, globally famous names, and everyday acronyms such as PDF, CEO, or ASAP.
Fix persistent misspellings
Correct a misspelling appears only when adding a new entry on Mac/Windows and iOS. Android uses corrections that sync from those platforms but cannot create them; Android edits keep the replacement text.
Select Add new (Mac/Windows) or + (iOS) in Dictionary.
Enter the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation you want.
Turn on Correct a misspelling.
Enter the wrong spelling Flow produces.
Select Add word (Mac/Windows) or Save (iOS).
Dictate again to check the correction. Each entry holds one correction; edit the entry to change it.
When a correction collides with an existing entry
Desktop checks for duplicates by misspelling. If Share with team is off when you select Add word, an existing personal word without a correction — including imported or auto-learned words — is upgraded to carry the new correction; team words are not.
On iOS, a plain word cannot be upgraded this way, and either field is blocked if it matches another entry's word or correction in the dictionary you are saving to (the entry you are editing is exempt); invalid entries stay open with an error such as “Word already exists.”
Personal and shared corrections can differ, and Flow prefers the personal entry even when the two differ only by capitalization or surrounding spaces.
How corrections are applied
On every platform, corrections and snippet triggers match whole words no matter how you capitalized them when you saved the entry and no matter how you say them — “koolify”, “Koolify”, and “KOOLIFY” all match. The text Flow types keeps the exact capitalization and punctuation you saved. Flow prefers the longer phrase when rules overlap, and replacements are literal and not language-aware, so avoid mapping phrases you want left alone.
If one dictionary holds two entries for the same word that differ only by capitalization, the most recently saved one applies.
Mid-sentence continuations can lowercase the first character, except for recognized proper nouns. Surrounding text affects spacing and trailing punctuation, and messaging apps can remove trailing periods.
Contractions and possessives
Corrections leave “n't” contractions alone, so a rule like Don → Dawn fixes the standalone word but does not change don't, can't, won't, or isn't — including ALL-CAPS spellings and straight, curly, or other apostrophe styles.
Possessives are still corrected: with John → Bob, “John's car” becomes “Bob's car”. A correction whose misspelling is itself a contraction still applies, so don't → do not works as saved, and plurals such as “do's and don'ts” can still be changed by a matching correction.
Find, edit, or delete an entry
To check for a conflicting entry, use the magnifying-glass icon (Mac/Windows) or the top search bar (Android). Both match words and corrections regardless of capitalization and exclude snippets. Desktop searches only the tab you have selected, and Android does not show replacement text, so a match can look empty. iOS has no search — browse the list.
Edit an entry
Desktop's Edit word has one field; Edit replacement needs both Misspelling and Correct spelling.
Open an entry: select the pencil icon on hover (Mac/Windows), tap the entry (iOS), or swipe right (Android).
Change the spelling.
Select Save changes (Mac/Windows) or Save (iOS/Android).
Editing updates the existing entry rather than creating a new one. Saving requires valid fields; an unchanged edit shows “No changes made,” and renaming an entry to duplicate another in the same dictionary is blocked. If your dictionary holds two copies of the same word that differ only by surrounding spaces, editing either one merges them into a single entry and keeps the combined usage count.
Delete an entry
Warning: Deleting on desktop is permanent, and auto-learning will not re-add a deleted word. Add it again manually if you need it back.
Start deletion: trash icon (Mac/Windows), swipe left and select Delete (iOS), or swipe left (Android).
Confirm with Yes, delete it (desktop, single entry) or Delete (iOS/Android).
Delete multiple entries on desktop
Select the rows to remove, select the bulk Delete control, then confirm Delete. Delete or Backspace alone does not remove entries; Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace works only with entries selected and no text field in focus.
Personal or shared words
Sharing requires active membership on an active team.
Important: Sharing on desktop moves an existing personal entry: Flow adds the team entry, then removes the personal copy. If either part fails, you see an error and keep the personal copy; a failed removal leaves both copies. A matching team word blocks sharing and keeps the personal copy — single-row sharing reports an error, and bulk sharing skips it.
Mac/Windows: Team and Business plans qualify alike, through an active, trialing, or past-due organization subscription, or an organization without a subscription plus an active or past-due personal subscription or unexpired personal trial. Add to Shared with team and the entry is shared. Without team features, Add new there and the Share with team switch are unavailable.
iOS: Requires organization membership plus an active or trialing Team or Business plan. Eligible accounts see All, Personal, and Team; others see a single list. In All, Share with team is offered only to organization members; entries added in Team are shared automatically.
Android: Organization members see All, Personal, and Shared with team filters; others see a single list. Android has no sharing option, so additions stay personal whichever filter you are viewing.
Sync across devices
Words and corrections sync across devices signed in to the same account while you are online. Shared entries also require the team eligibility above.
Mac and Windows: Syncs when Flow opens and after each successful edit; no restart is needed. Use the toolbar refresh control to sync now.
iOS: Refreshes at sign-in and when Flow returns to the foreground.
Android: Refreshes at sign-in and each time you open Dictionary, which also updates the filters without a restart. If a refresh fails, previously loaded words stay available, including shared words.
Important: Signing out on iOS or Android, or switching accounts on Android, clears the dictionary stored on that device. It stays empty until it syncs successfully after you sign back in.
Still need help?
Contact support if a word is still misrecognized after you added it, a correction does not apply in new dictation, or saving keeps failing. Include your platform and device, the word, the text Flow produced, and what you already tried.