Text Replacement for husband's name not working in Mail on Mac

I use Mail in Sequoia and I tend to use Dictation quite a bit, then proof read before sending. When I send an email and mention my husband, it always comes up misspelled. For instance, my husband's name is Mark with the K. But every time I dictate the email, it comes up with Marc with a C. How do I fix it? How do I stop this. I do have one Marc with a C in my contacts, but I don't have anyone else with that spelling and my husband's name is Mark and his name and all the information is in Contacts. Also I have gone into System Settings and made sure there was a Text Replacement for the one with a C using the one with the K - doesn't work.



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Original Title: In Mail, Spelling always misspells a word despite my having the Text Replacement set in System

Mac Studio, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jul 16, 2025 09:53 AM

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Jul 21, 2025 04:20 PM in response to Victoria Herring

Thank you kindly for checking and for taking the time to reply!

Sorry you still have that issue.


If you use (or try out) Voice Control for Dictation:

Use Voice Control on your Mac - Apple Support

Eg: says:

  • To dictate character by character, say “Spelling Mode,” then speak each character. This feature requires macOS Ventura or later and isn't available in all languages.


Useful resource: Mail User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


Mail Support website: (info. / support / contact options etc.

Mail - Official Apple Support

Jul 21, 2025 05:19 PM in response to Victoria Herring

One more thing you can try if you wish:


Open Contacts > Choose your husband Mark's card >

Click Edit (bottom right) > Then click the + sign (bottom left) to add a new field > Choose "more fields" (bottom of the dropdown list)

Then choose "Phonetic First/Last name" (The field appears at top of card)

Now Add "Marc" as the phonetic first name.

Click "Done"


NB: My Mac is using an earlier MacOS, yet illustration below is likely similar.

Text Replacement for husband's name not working in Mail on Mac

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