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CPV 48319000

Spell checkers

A spell checker is software that flags misspelled words and suggests corrections, often stretching to grammar, punctuation, and style as well. Under CPV code 48319000, a contracting authority is buying that proofreading capability as a product in its own right, not a full word processor that happens to include it.

It sits inside Document creation software package (48310000), one branch over from word-processing (48317000), where spell-check is usually a built-in feature rather than the thing being bought. The codes that surround it are about producing and handling documents: OCR (48313000), voice recognition (48314000), desktop publishing (48315000).

This is a thin, specialised code. 6 awards carry it (TED 2022-2025), 4 with disclosed values, at a mean of about €202k across those. Estonia places the most, ahead of France and Sweden. In practice the contracts that land here lean toward language-technology and education tools: correction engines for a specific language, writing-assistance platforms, and proofing tools built for learners or universities rather than off-the-shelf consumer apps.

Public search interest in the bare term is low and dominated by free consumer checkers (Grammarly-style editors, LanguageTool, QuillBot), a different audience from the procurement scope here. Contracting authorities usually reach 48319000 through the document-creation parent or a language-technology brief, not by searching the term.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 48319000 when the proofreading or correction capability is the product, not a feature of something larger. A standalone spelling and grammar engine, a writing-assistance platform, or a language-specific correction tool for learners belongs here.

The boundary that trips contracting authorities is word-processing (48317000). A word processor ships with spell-check baked in, so if the deliverable is the editor itself, that is 48317000; reserve 48319000 for cases where the checking engine is what gets specified and paid for. One step up, the parent 48310000 fits when the brief spans document creation broadly and no single sub-category dominates.

Language technology blurs the lines here. Modern correction tools lean on natural-language processing, so a contract framed mainly as an AI or text-analytics build can point toward an AI services code instead. Set the primary CPV code by the dominant purpose: if the point is catching and fixing errors in text, keep it here; if the point is a broader language-processing platform, the AI route fits better.

For suppliers bidding

Winners under 48319000 are language-technology specialists and education-software firms, not generic application shops. The work rewards real linguistic depth: a correction engine that handles the morphology of a specific language, or a writing-assistance tool tuned for learners, is a narrow competence that few generalists carry. If you bid, lead with proven language coverage and the quality of your correction model, because that is what an authority cannot assess from price alone.

The honest read: this is a niche code with sparse, country-clustered demand rather than a steady pipeline. With 6 awards over four years (TED 2022-2025) at a disclosed mean near €202k, and Estonia, France and Sweden placing the few that exist, the deals concentrate where a national language and a public institution meet. Chase the specific programmes; do not plan around volume.

Expect to meet adjacent bidders from the language and document space: voice-recognition suppliers under 48314000, OCR firms under 48313000, and AI-NLP shops that frame the same capability as a text-analytics build. The deciding edge is usually demonstrable accuracy in the target language, paired with a credible academic or research pedigree behind the engine.

Industries and typical projects

Education IT AI & machine learning Custom software Public sector IT

Commonly confused with

48317000
Word-processing software bundles spell-check as a feature; pick 48319000 only when the correction engine itself is the deliverable, not the editor around it.
48313000
OCR software converts images of text into editable characters; 48319000 checks and corrects text that is already digital.
48314000
Voice-recognition software turns speech into text; spell checkers operate on written text after it exists, not on the audio that produced it.
48310000
The broader document-creation parent. Choose 48319000 when the scope is specifically spelling or grammar correction, not document software in general.

Example award titles

  • Schreibassistenzsoftware für die LMU München (DE)
  • 23B45 - MISE A DISPOSITION D'UNE PLATEFORME EN LIGNE DE REMEDIATION EN ORTHOGRAPHE POUR L'UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (FR)
  • Eesti keele kui teise keele automaatkorrektor õppijale ja õpetajale (Eesti Keele Instituut). (EE)
  • E-vahend Keelekratt ehk õppevahend suulise keeleoskuse harjutamiseks (Eesti Keele Instituut) (EE)
  • Hääldusabilise kasutajaliides (Eesti Keele Instituut) (EE)

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Hierarchy

Parent
48310000
Siblings
4831100048312000483130004831400048315000483160004831700048318000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.