10. The handheld electronic device of claim 7 wherein the operations further comprise: employing as the modified text entry the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a first number of terminal characters of the text entry; identifying the particular language object as a proposed spell-check interpretation at least partially on the basis that it corresponds with the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a first number of terminal characters of the text entry; making a determination that the quantity of proposed spell-check interpretations is fewer than a predetermined threshold; responsive to said making a determination, identifying a number of language objects that correspond with the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a second number of terminal characters of the text entry, the second number being greater than the first number; and outputting at least some of the number of language objects as additional proposed spell-check interpretations.
10. The handheld electronic device of claim 7 wherein the operations further comprise: employing as the modified text entry the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a first number of terminal characters of the text entry; identifying the particular language object as a proposed spell-check interpretation at least partially on the basis that it corresponds with the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a first number of terminal characters of the text entry; making a determination that the quantity of proposed spell-check interpretations is fewer than a predetermined threshold; responsive to said making a determination, identifying a number of language objects that correspond with the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a second number of terminal characters of the text entry, the second number being greater than the first number; and outputting at least some of the number of language objects as additional proposed spell-check interpretations. 11. The handheld electronic device of claim 10 wherein each language object has associated therewith a frequency object having a frequency value indicative of the relative frequency of the language object in a language, and wherein the operations further comprise outputting the particular language object and the at least some of the number of language objects in order of decreasing frequency value.