Provençal dictionaries
for keyboards and spellcheckers

How to install a Provençal dictionary on macOS Pages · Mail · Safari · Notes · TextEdit

The native macOS spellchecker reads a plain-text file, ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary, one word per line. This mechanism covers all applications that rely on the system spellchecker: TextEdit, Mail, Pages, Notes, Safari — and also Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi and Opera on macOS, which all delegate spellchecking to the native system checker. A single file is therefore enough to cover all these browsers on Mac. It does not apply to Microsoft Word or Google Docs, which have their own systems.

1. Download prouvencau-liste-mots.txt (button above).
2. In Finder, open the Go → Go to Folder… menu (or Cmd+Shift+G), type ~/Library/Spelling, and confirm.
3. Open the file LocalDictionary in TextEdit. If it does not exist yet, create an empty text file with that name in that folder.
4. Paste the contents of prouvencau-liste-mots.txt into the file, then save. The change takes effect immediately — no restart required.
5. To remove the red underline from Provençal words: go to System Settings → Keyboard, the text input tab, and uncheck "Correct spelling automatically" (and "Check spelling while typing" to remove the underline entirely).

How to install a Provençal dictionary for Microsoft Word (Windows) Windows 10 · 11

Word's personal dictionary on Windows is a plain-text .dic file encoded in UTF-16 LE with BOM (required by Office 365). Bulk importing 245 108 words works; note that the file is several megabytes in size and the spellchecker may be slightly slower as a result.

1. Download prouvencau-word-windows.dic (button above) — the file is already encoded in UTF-16 LE, one word per line.
2. Copy it to the folder %AppData%\Microsoft\UProof\ (you can type this path directly in Windows Explorer).
3. In Word, go to File → Options → Proofing → Custom Dictionaries.
4. Click Add…, navigate to the UProof folder, and select prouvencau-word-windows.dic.
5. Check the dictionary in the list and verify that the Language column shows "All Languages": this setting ensures the dictionary applies regardless of the document language.
6. Confirm. Provençal words will no longer be underlined in Word or Outlook.

How to install a Provençal dictionary for Microsoft Word (macOS) Word for Mac

On Mac, Word maintains its own custom dictionary, independent from the macOS system dictionary. Word does not read the LocalDictionary file: you need to edit the Custom Dictionary file inside the Office profile.

1. Download prouvencau-liste-mots.txt (button above).
2. In Finder, hold the Option key and click the Go menu: the "Library" entry will appear. Navigate to ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/.
3. Open the file Custom Dictionary (no extension) in a text editor such as TextEdit.
4. Paste the contents of prouvencau-liste-mots.txt into the file (one word per line, UTF-8 encoding), then save.
5. Restart Word. All 245 108 Provençal forms are now accepted.

How to install a Provençal dictionary for LibreOffice Windows · macOS · Linux

LibreOffice maintains its user dictionaries in a wordbook folder specific to its profile. The reliable approach is to copy the file prouvencau-libreoffice.dic directly there: the "Import" button in the interface is not reliable for a list of this size.

1. Download prouvencau-libreoffice.dic (button above).
2. Copy it to the wordbook folder of your LibreOffice profile:
   • Windows: %AppData%\LibreOffice\4\user\wordbook\
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/4/user/wordbook/
   • Linux: ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/wordbook/
3. In LibreOffice, go to Tools → Options → Language Settings → Writing Aids.
4. In the "User-defined dictionaries" list, check prouvencau-libreoffice.dic to activate it.
5. Confirm and restart LibreOffice. All 245 108 Provençal forms will no longer be underlined.

How to install the Provençal keyboard dictionary on Android with Gboard To be confirmed by testing

Gboard (Google Keyboard) supports importing a personal dictionary via a ZIP file. Importing a ZIP previously exported from Gboard works; manually creating a ZIP with 245 108 words still needs to be validated by a real-device test: do not rely on this file without verifying it first. Cloud sync of the personal dictionary is no longer guaranteed by Google. The import is per language.

1. Download prouvencau-gboard.zip and transfer it to your device.
2. In Gboard: Gboard Settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary, select the language.
3. Tap the menu (3 dots) then Import, and select the ZIP file.
4. Confirm that the import worked by typing a Provençal word in any app and checking that it appears as a suggestion.

How to install the Provençal keyboard dictionary on Android with AnySoftKeyboard To be confirmed by testing

AnySoftKeyboard is an open-source keyboard for Android. Its user dictionary uses an XML format: a <wordlist> containing <w f="255">word</w> entries (f = frequency from 1 to 255). Note: the legacy compilation tools for this format are deprecated. The exact import procedure, as well as compatibility of the provided file, must be confirmed on a recent version of the app before use.

1. Install AnySoftKeyboard from the Play Store, then enable it in Android settings (Settings → System → Language & input → On-screen keyboard).
2. Download prouvencau-anysoftkeyboard.xml and transfer it to your device (USB cable, email or Drive).
3. In AnySoftKeyboard, open the user word editor and import the XML file from internal storage.
4. Verify the result on your version of the app: the procedure may vary. If it fails, please report it to contact@linguanostra.org.

How to install the Provençal dictionary in Firefox and Zen Browser Windows · macOS · Linux

Firefox accepts spellcheck dictionaries as extensions (a .xpi file). The Provençal dictionary adds to French and other already-installed languages: you can enable multiple languages simultaneously in Firefox's spellchecker without removing any. Zen Browser, which shares the same engine as Firefox, uses exactly the same method. Thunderbird (email client) also uses this extension mechanism for dictionaries: the same procedure applies there.

1. Download prouvencau-firefox.xpi (button above) and note where the file is saved on your computer.
2. In Firefox, open about:addons (type this address in the address bar and press Enter).
3. Click the gear icon (⚙) at the top right of the add-ons page, then choose "Install Add-on From File…".
4. Navigate to the downloaded prouvencau-firefox.xpi file and select it. Firefox will show a notification at the top of the page: click "Add".
5. The Provençal dictionary now appears in the extensions list under the "Dictionaries" category. Enable it if Firefox prompts you to do so.
6. To enable Provençal spellchecking in addition to other languages: right-click in any text field (form field, address bar), choose "Check Spelling", then "Languages". Check Provençal and your other languages to have them all active simultaneously.

Chrome, Edge and Chromium browsers (Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc) macOS · Windows · Linux

On macOS: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera and Arc delegate spellchecking to Apple's native system checker. Simply install the Provençal dictionary using the macOS method described above: a single file covers all these browsers without any additional steps.

On Windows and Linux: Chromium browsers manage their own internal spellchecker, with no bulk dictionary import mechanism. There is no reliable procedure for importing 245 108 forms at once. The only available route is adding words manually one by one to the browser's personal dictionary (the Custom Dictionary.txt file), which is incompatible with a lexicon of this size. This limitation is inherent to the Chromium architecture and has no known workaround. Manual additions remain purely additive: they do not erase French or any other configured language.

Google Docs: Google Docs does not support importing a personal dictionary from a file. There is therefore no solution for bulk-integrating Provençal vocabulary. To write in Provençal in Google Docs without red underlines, the only currently available option is to disable the spellchecker in the document (Tools → Spelling and grammar → disable automatic spelling corrections).