How to turn off the spell checker in Android 4.4.2? I have a Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.2 and I can't switch off the spell checker. I write messages in several different languages and it insists on changing foreign words to the closest English. Writing a message can take me several minutes to sort out all the errors Android itself introduces.

Assessing Settings > Language &amp; input the Spell checker field is turned off, but this doesn't stop Android from messing up my messages.

Thank you.
Try going into Settings > Language &amp; Input and configure the Google Keyboard.
In there you can turn off 'Auto-correction'. This should stop it from changing the foreign words to English.

You could also try adding additional dictionaries. This should allow you to enter words from different languages without it detecting them as mis-spelt English words.