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Rule "head ache (headache)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: head ache (headache)
Message: This noun is normally spelled as one word.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headache
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Tom didn't feel good because of his head ache.
    Correction suggestion: headache
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • How my poor heart aches!
  • Mary was forced to sell her parents' house, where she had grown up, and this made her heart ache.
  • The sad story made my heart ache.
ID: ACHE_COMPOUNDS [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)