How to stop your Apple iPhone autocorrecting EVERY swear word

HERE’S how to prevent your Apple iPhone from autocorrecting swear words with safe-for-work alternatives.

If your iPhone is preventing you from cussing, this could be an essential tip GETTY • APPLE

If your iPhone is preventing you from cussing, this could be an essential tip

Swearing isn’t big or clever. But let’s be honest, sometimes a situation calls for a little bit of effing and jeffing.

Problem is, the iPhone has an annoying habit of autocorrecting curse words into safe-for-work alternatives – sometimes to comical effect.

Fortunately there is a way to prevent this.

To ensure your next four-letter profanity makes it through uncensored, head to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement.

This menu lets you create automatic substitutions and allows you to override the in-built autocorrect system.

On your iOS device, navigate to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text ReplacementEXPRESS NEWSPAPERS

On your iOS device, navigate to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement

Press the + button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

In the Shortcut text field write the word Apple usually autocorrects – ducking, for example.

In Phrase, simply write your chosen obscenity. And voila!

Once saved, you will never have to accidentally send the wrong word again.

You can specify your own personal autocorrections for common phrases on iOSEXPRESS NEWSPAPERS

You can specify your own personal autocorrections for common phrases on iOS

Although, make sure you double-check any messages where you don’t intend to swear (talking to your boss about a “whit”, for example) since this could lead to some horrific misunderstandings.

Keyboards tend to avoid pre-programming swear words exactly for this reason.

VP of Mobile Products for Nuance Communications – the firm behind best-selling third party keyboard, Swype, Aaron Sheedy explained the problem to Engadget.

"The risk of having profanity in the dictionary is too high for most users," he said.

"If someone wants to send a professional email, or send a text to their mom, they will be extremely displeased if the word they are trying to write 'duck, whit, etc' gets replaced by a swear word.

"From a usability perspective, it's better for a user to add their own words to the dictionary so that they can anticipate the possibility of those words coming up, instead of surprising their friends or family with them."

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