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Rule "the hot-dog (hot dog)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: the hot-dog (hot dog)
Message: The word "\2" spelled with a hyphen is a verb. Did you mean the noun <suggestion>\3</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was eating a delicious hot-dog.
    Correction suggestion: hot dog
ID: THE_HOT_DOG [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-10 22:33:08 +0100)