Autocorrect is "correcting" legitimate words

[frownface]

Running ios15.1

I've noticed in the last 2-3 weeks, that more legitimate words are being autocorrected. For instance it turned tea into yea; despite me correctly spelling it. Another one that caught me a couple times was "gold" -> Good

I had to double check my keyboard language settings, but they're correctly set to English - Australia.
Is anyone else having this problem?

 

[EuroChilli]

No, because I don’t use auto correct, for this very reason.

 

[davemacdo]

Same. I _never_ use autocorrect. I use too many weird words, domain-specific words, names, or non-English words that it just makes my life worse.

 

[Paddle1]

I'm on iOS 14 and it tried to autocorrect tea to yea. I corrected it and now it lets me type tea normally.

 

[davemacdo]

I'm on iOS 14 and it tried to autocorrect tea to yea. I corrected it and now it lets me type tea normally.

True, in situations like the one pictured, you can train autocorrect by selecting the "Tea" in the first suggestion.

 

[now i see it]

It’s getting worse and worse with each new version of iOS. On my iPhone 6+ running iOS 9, I hardly made any mistakes and the ones that did show up from auto correct we’re few. Now with iOS 14 it’s error after error of autocorrect mistakes that I have to go back and fix. It’s really a lot worse in iOS 14 compared to iOS 9. I can only assume iOS 15 is even worse.

 

[eicca]

It’s getting worse and worse with each new version of iOS. On my iPhone 6+ running iOS 9, I hardly made any mistakes and the ones that did show up from auto correct we’re few. Now with iOS 14 it’s error after error of autocorrect mistakes that I have to go back and fix. It’s really a lot worse in iOS 14 compared to iOS 9. I can only assume iOS 15 is even worse.

This. Autocorrect used to be rather incredible. I could type without looking and it would come out fine. But nowadays I get the same thing as the OP. Legitimate correct words and phrases are “corrected” to complete gibberish. (Yes I’ve reset the dictionary countless times)

 

[Jochheim]

Yes, me and my friends have made the same observation - it gets worse with each release (German keyboard) …
Honestly, this makes the 1.000 € iPhone feel like a cheap knockoff (software wise). I hope they will put some effort in the future and hire some people, managing the dictionary (or change the structure or in the worst case fire the current manager / team and replace them).

 

[Fred Zed]

Shouldn’t being corrected to should has got me in trouble recently. There was another similar word it changed but forgot now.