Spell checking

Anybody got a clue about how spell checkers work? If a word is incorrectly spelled, how do you offer suggestions about how to fix it?
[140 byte] By [tjacobs01a] at [2007-10-1 19:59:38]
# 1
This is an interesting link: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jazzy/ This is an introducing of the Java platform's Jazzy new spell checker API.
prometheuzza at 2007-7-11 16:29:56 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Algorithms...
# 2
Wow thanks! This stuff is awesome. Truly, this has got to be one of, if not THE most awesomist thing since they invented beer.:-)
tjacobs01a at 2007-7-11 16:29:56 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Algorithms...
# 3
> THE most awesomist thing> since they invented beer.> > :-)Hehe, now don't exaggerate, we're talking about beer, here...: )
prometheuzza at 2007-7-11 16:29:56 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Algorithms...