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Rule "desert / dessert"

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Description: desert / dessert
Message: Did you mean deserts (just deserts = punishment)? (The spelling 'just desserts' is non-standard.)
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/spelling-dessert-desert/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The criminal will get his just desserts.
    Correction suggestion: deserts
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DESERT_DESSERT [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-02 22:33:08 +0200)