{"id":4820,"date":"2018-07-02T09:38:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4820"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:32:44","slug":"what-is-mod_speling","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/what-is-mod_speling\/","title":{"rendered":"What is mod_speling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What is mod_speling?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add modules to Apache servers on VPS and Dedicated accounts for extra functionality. One such module is mod_speling. mod_speling gives Apache a way to ignore capitalizations and up to one spelling error. When users have to enter URLs manually, wrongly capitalizing or misspelling a word can result in an error. For example, www.example.com\/home.html is not the same as www.example.com\/Home.Html. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With mod_speling setup, the server can overlook most minor errors like this and process the URL without issue. To see mod_speling\u2019s developer documentation, visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/httpd.apache.org\/docs\/2.4\/mod\/mod_speling.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apache documentation mod_speling page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How do I use_mod_Speling?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting up mod_speling requires two steps: enabling it and adding directives to your .htaccess.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Enabling mod_speling<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can enable mod_speling in your VPS or Dedicated Account Control Center (ACC). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legacy Interface<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New ACC Interface<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not sure what the difference is? See<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to the ACC on your VPS or Dedicated account at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my.pair.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the left sidebar, click<\/span><b> Dedicated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then click<\/span><b> Apache Options<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the drop-down<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Apache Module section, check the box next to <\/span><b>mod_speling<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Make Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to the ACC on your VPS or Dedicated account at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my.pair.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the top navigation bar, click <\/span><b>Hosting<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Dedicated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Server Management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drop-down and select <\/span><b>Manage Apache<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switch on the <\/span><b>mod_speling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> toggle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Make Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will enable the module on your server, though it may take up to 15 minutes for the change to go into effect. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Add Spelling and Capitalization Checks to .htaccess<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next step is to add the spelling and capitalization checks to the server\u2019s .htaccess files. For information about accessing your .htaccess, see our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/accessing-your-htaccess-file\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessing Your .htaccess File<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the .htaccess file, add the following code:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;IfModule mod_speling.c&gt;<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">    CheckSpelling on<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;\/IfModule&gt;<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save your .htaccess file so that the changes can go into effect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may now want to check your configuration to see if it works. Try entering a capitalization that doesn\u2019t exist in your URL. 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