Autocorrect keep highlighting words even if theyre spelled correctly

It’s really frustrating because if you click on or near a word that has been autocorrected, that word gets highlighted with the option to return it to what you typed. It would be better if it were easier to deselect (maybe offer an option to ignore the “uncorrection”, but I haven’t found a way to deselect other than holding the space bar and moving the cursor to where I want to resume typing.

I think this would be a lot less annoying if it didn’t happen to words that have already been autocorrected. For example, if I want to add a word to the sentence above, and I tap anywhere near a word that was corrected I’m stuck having to navigate around Apple offering to unfix something.

maybe the answer is to stop offering to undo an autocorrect after a few seconds, or after a sentence was completed (or something - almost anything would be better than current!)

Most of the time, I benefit from autocorrect. I do love it.

but:

99.999% of the time, I do not want to put “an autocorrect” back to “annnnssticrrt” for gods sake.

I turned off autocorrection and the problem disappeared.

settings>keyboards

I also have predictive text disabled.

It means i have to manually correct words but thats waaaaaay less stressful.

Brutal feature. Literally highlights every word. Suggestions are equally ridiculous: “say’s” “Sai’s”

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Having the same issue. Following to see the fix. What I found so far is not what I’m looking for. Not looking to toggle off completely. Looking to go back to the double tap or holding on a word for highlighting. This is very annoying.

When attempting to place the cursor for text edit, the word closest to where I want the cursor will highlight for auto-correct, even though it is spelled correctly. Difficult to click off the highlight. Must move cursor elsewhere. I end up just typing the word again because it’s quicker than trying to fight this annoying issue. I can’t believe we’re the only people complaining about this. I would have thought there’d be pages and pages of exasperated Apple users. I’m on iOS 17.3.1. Please fix this!

Yes!!! THANK YOU! This issue is ABOMINABLE. I can’t take it anymore. Apple, you must fix this!! It is an incessant bug and annoyance. Why highlight a correctly spelled word and try to revert it back to the initially misspelled version? It destroys editing capability next to the word because then you have to just retype it. How about letting us tap twice to get rid of the blue highlight so that we can add text on either side of that highlighted word? (Or just stop suggesting the misspelled versions!!) Something as simple as that can’t be that hard. I agree that I can’t believe this issue hasn’t been highlighted by more users.

I never chat or comment or read comments on chat boards. I generally believe that they're a waste of time; however, I just setup access to type this message because I AM SO INCREDIBLY ANNOYED by Apple right now. I type A LOT of emails and texts on my iphone because I hate using my work laptop. But, this one single problem is forcing me to consider switching to an Android phone because I CANNOT handle this. I value efficiency & the inability to move my cursor to where I want it is completely ridiculous and idiotic, not to mention a complete waste of time.

In addition, since this is my first time to EVER comment on this Apple discussion board, I have 2 quick questions: Does it even matter that people are complaining? Does apple even read these? Because - my iPhone is ready to be upgraded, and I’m giving Apple until the end of June to fix this before I abandon Apple altogether.

I greatly appreciate any feedback that anybody has regarding how to get a mistake like this fixed to the way it used to be.

Agreed! This is very annoying and still not fixed! Why did this even start to happen, Apple hurry and fix this!

Is there a solution or only complaints posted here? What’s the point? Where is the fix????

This is driving me around the twist. Someone at Apple must have thought this was a good idea but it’s really, really bad. Does no one at Apple actually monitor this site?

I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT! Go to Settings - General - Dictionary and then UNCLICK Apple Dictionary. I’ve been able to place the cursor without the stupid highlight! I hope this is it…