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Rule "desert / dessert"

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Description: desert / dessert
Message: The word "dessert" describes a sweet dish. Did you mean desert (= land with sparse vegetation)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/spelling-dessert-desert/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The Sahara Dessert is one of the largest in the world.
    Correction suggestion: Desert
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DESERT_DESSERT [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)