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I downloaded and unzipped the dictionary files from LibreOffice.
Having had a quick look at the en.GB file in Word I am shocked. I would hazard a guess that nearly 50% of them Word classifies as misspelled, and from just the 'A's alone there are so many glaring errors that I really don't think it is fit for purpose. I kid you not there are entries like annefrank which surely should be Anne Frank.
It also looks like someone has just thrown a UK Gazetteer at it too as it's littered with obscure place names, some of which are clearly wrong. I came across Balcombe-Horley as an entry. As someone who lives near Balcombe and Horley I can assure you there is no such place as Balcombe-Horley, they are two separate towns about 10 miles apart from one another.
I've no idea who edits the LibreOffice dictionaries but if this is an example of what they are like then I would not advise anyone to use them.
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