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Rule "desert / dessert"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: desert / dessert
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>deserts</suggestion> (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
ID: DESERT_DESSERT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)