1. A computerized method of performing word recognition comprising: receiving a word input signal representing one or more words; performing word recognition upon the signal to produce one or more best scoring words corresponding to the word input signal; treating one of said best scoring words as a currently selected word; providing a user interface enabling a user to select from among a plurality of word transformation commands each associated with a different specific transformation for changing the currently selected word to a differently spelled word having the same word root; responding to the user's selection of one of the word transformation commands by causing the selected word transformation command's associated transformation to be performed on the currently selected word.