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Microsoft Lists spell check issues when used in Teams

Magnus Brandt Lågøyr 20 Reputation points
2026-04-30T08:10:56.8166667+00:00

There seems to be a bug where I am unable to change the spell check language for Microsoft Lists. From what a gather, Microsoft Lists runs in the browser even when I view the program in the Teams App.

When I open Lists directly in the browser, the spell check works as it should. Spell check also works correctly in Teams messages etc. However, when I use Lists in Teams it does not check for spelling using the language I have selected (Norwegian) in every imaginable setting across my system settings, Teams setting, Office365 settings, etc.

Spell check works correctly in every other Microsoft app.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue, or better yet, any chance that anyone from Microsoft can fix what looks like a bug in the system?

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  1. Jess-Q 10,410 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-30T10:05:34.51+00:00

    Hi @Magnus Brandt Lågøyr

    Regarding your issue, I can understand how frustrating this must be, especially when spell check works perfectly everywhere else. 

    I tested this with Lists inside a Teams channel in both English and Norwegian on Teams desktop. The spell check does show a red underline under misspelled words, but right-clicking doesn't provide any correction suggestions unlike how it functions in Teams chat, where you get both the red underline and the suggested fixes. 

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    From observation, this may be related to how Lists is displayed within Teams, as it opens within an embedded view rather than the main message compose experience. Because of this, the spell check experience may not always behave the same way as in chats or when using Lists in a browser.

    When Lists is opened directly in the browser from Teams on the web, the browser's own spell check engine handles both the red underline and the correction suggestions, which is why it works as expected there. 

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    As a workaround, opening the List from Teams on the web (via a browser) allows it to use the browser’s spell check, which provides the full experience with both red underlines and correction suggestions.  

    If this behavior is impacting your experience or feels inconsistent compared to how spell check works in other Microsoft apps, as a Microsoft user I highly suggest you submitting your idea via the Ideas · Community platform. This allows others to see and upvote your suggestion and helps our product development team better understand user needs and prioritize improvements. Feedback helps highlight scenarios like this and allows the team to review how the feature behaves across different apps and improve the overall experience for users. 

    You can also do this either through the Teams web experience or directly from the Teams desktop app.

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    Please note that as forum moderator, I am not directly involved in product design decisions and do not have access to the development roadmap. However, I want to assure you that your feedback has been acknowledged and is truly valued.     

    I apologize for the inconvenience this have caused you and thank you for your understanding and feedback.     

    Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.   

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    2026-04-30T08:11:19.6366667+00:00
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    Microsoft Teams supports its own multi-language spell-checking for chat and channel messages, but this capability and its configuration do not extend to Microsoft Lists when Lists is embedded as a tab in Teams.

    From the available information:

    • Teams spell check languages are controlled under Settings and more → Settings → General → Editor Spellcheck → Manage and apply to composing messages in Teams.
    • Multi-language proofing in Teams currently supports English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German, and up to five languages can be added to the proofing dictionary.
    • The behavior described (spell check working in the browser for Lists but not when Lists is hosted inside Teams) is not covered by any documented configuration or workaround in the provided material and aligns with a product limitation/bug rather than a configurable setting.

    Given this, there is no documented fix in the provided context for changing or enforcing the spell check language specifically for Microsoft Lists when it is used inside Teams. The practical workaround based on the documentation is to:

    1. Use Microsoft Lists directly in the browser when reliable spell checking in a specific language is required.
    2. Use Teams’ built-in spell check only for Teams messages, configured via Editor Spellcheck → Manage.

    For issues beyond these documented capabilities (such as Lists-in-Teams spell check language not following system or Office settings), escalation through Microsoft support channels would be required, as there is no published configuration-based solution in the referenced documentation.

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