20. An apparatus for recognizing at least one word in a document, the word including at least one predetermined character, the apparatus comprising: means for providing a recognized word based on the word in the document; first determining means for determining whether the recognized word is correct; means for generating if the recognized word is incorrect, at least one reference word, each reference word comprising a different set of predetermined characters and being generated according to a process that is independent of a content of at least one confusion matrix; second determining means for determining for each reference word a corresponding replacement word value based on a calculation involving a mathematical function being applied to a content of the at least one confusion matrix; and means for replacing the incorrect recognized word with the reference word most likely matching the at least one word in the document based on the corresponding replacement word value.
20. An apparatus for recognizing at least one word in a document, the word including at least one predetermined character, the apparatus comprising: means for providing a recognized word based on the word in the document; first determining means for determining whether the recognized word is correct; means for generating if the recognized word is incorrect, at least one reference word, each reference word comprising a different set of predetermined characters and being generated according to a process that is independent of a content of at least one confusion matrix; second determining means for determining for each reference word a corresponding replacement word value based on a calculation involving a mathematical function being applied to a content of the at least one confusion matrix; and means for replacing the incorrect recognized word with the reference word most likely matching the at least one word in the document based on the corresponding replacement word value. 23. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein: the at least one confusion matrix includes a plurality of character values and the second determining means comprises: means for obtaining, for each character sequence in the at least one reference word, a character value representing a likelihood that the character sequence of the at least one reference word is recognized as the corresponding character sequence in the incorrect recognized word, wherein each of the character sequence of the at least one reference word and the character sequence of the incorrect recognized word comprises at least one character position, means for establishing a reference word recognition value based on the obtained character values, means for generating a plurality of grammar values based on the incorrect recognized word, each grammar value corresponding to a different part of speech, and means for determining for the reference word a composite value based on the corresponding reference word recognition value and on one of the plurality of grammar values corresponding to the part of speech of the reference word.