macOS’s dictionary is a text file, and can be found at:
~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
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Yes, you could even add words to that file with a simple text editor (though you might need to restart programs to see those changes take effect). But outside of cases like adding hundreds of words at a time, in most cases, I think the above described approach of using the spell check window will be easiest to work with, and does not suffer the oddities with inline markings that we’ve been seeing in more recent versions of macOS.
Hopefully this next update clears things up, but I worry that them adding even more complexity on top of the text editor isn’t going to help (the LLM stuff).
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When there’s a word or spelling that I want to add to the dictionary, I used to be able to right click the word and choose “learn.” And while that does happen occasionally still, most of the time I get a menu that doesn’t include the option. Instead I have to scroll down to spelling and start the spelling/grammar engine, open it, and choose from the popup.
Why has this behavior changed, and is there a way to get back to the old behavior? I’d like “learn” to be available always when I right click a word.