My iPhone will not agree with me on spelling

[sviato]

When iOS5 came out and shortcuts were added to the iphone dictionary/keyboard, most of my problems with autocorrect were solved: ex. I was able to make a shortcut to say sh*it when I actually typed it and not have it autocorrect to shut or ship.

However, one error could not be corrected and it's one of my most used words: aight. I guess it's a shorter word for alright that people of my generation in my area started using like 5 years ago and a lot of people I talk to use it.

"aight" always autocorrects to "sight". There is one situation where it sometimes doesn't, and that's if I start an iMessage with it. But in texts it always auto-corrects whether I'm starting a sentence or not.

Is there any way to make my autocorrect not correct this word ?

 

[Cripps]

I hope "aight" never appears in a dictionary.
Even conceding your right to coin new words, it's offensive to the ear.

 

[ahdickter]

If you wanted to, you could always add this word as a shortcut (add the word 'ai' as the shortcut.) Alternatively, if you type out "aight" and stop the autocorrect enough times, your iPhone will add it to its own dictionary.

 

[Givmeabrek]

In some cases like this the iPhone may know best.

 

[AlphaVictor87]

just add it as the phrase in the shortcut. don't give it a shortcut (you will see it says optional)

this will let you start to type it that way without your phone autocorrecting