.TH ESPELL 1 2021-03-07 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
espell \- spell\-correct an NCBI Entrez query (DEPRECATED)
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBespell\fP (\fBedirect\ \-spell\fP)
[\|\fB\-help\fP\|]
\fB\-db\fP\ \fIname\fP
\fB\-q\fP\|[\|\fBuery\fP\|]\fP\ \fIstr\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBNote:\fP \fBespell\fP will not appear
in future releases of NCBI Entrez Direct.
However, \fBesearch\fP continues to accept \fB\-spell\fP.

\fBespell\fP produces an NCBI \fBeSpellResult\fP XML document
indicating what changes, if any,
\fBesearch \-spell\fP would make to the given query.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-help\fP
Print usage information.
.TP
\fB\-db\fP\ \fIname\fP
Entrez database name.
.TP
\fB\-q\fP\|[\|\fBuery\fP\|]\fP\ \fIstr\fP
Query string.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR edirect (1),
.BR esearch (1).