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Rule "witch haunt (witch hunt)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: witch haunt (witch hunt)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>\1 hunt</suggestion> (=search for witches)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haunt
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • An anti-Polish witch haunt
    Correction suggestion: witch hunt
ID: WITCH_HAUNT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)