1. A method of enabling text input on a handheld electronic device that comprises a memory having a plurality of language objects stored therein, the method comprising: detecting a text entry comprising a plurality of characters; responsive to determining that no language object in the memory corresponds with the detected text entry, searching the memory to identify as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry language objects that correspond with a modified text entry that comprises the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a number of terminal characters of the text entry, each wild card element being any character, including an absence of a character, in an alphabet; determining that an insufficient quantity of proposed spell-check interpretations have been identified, and responsive thereto: generating another modified text entry having one additional terminal character replaced with the wild card element; and searching the memory to identify as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry language objects that correspond with the another modified text entry, wherein if insufficient language objects have been identified, repeating said generating and said searching until sufficient language objects have been identified; and outputting one or more of the proposed language objects as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry.
1. A method of enabling text input on a handheld electronic device that comprises a memory having a plurality of language objects stored therein, the method comprising: detecting a text entry comprising a plurality of characters; responsive to determining that no language object in the memory corresponds with the detected text entry, searching the memory to identify as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry language objects that correspond with a modified text entry that comprises the text entry having a wild card element in place of each of a number of terminal characters of the text entry, each wild card element being any character, including an absence of a character, in an alphabet; determining that an insufficient quantity of proposed spell-check interpretations have been identified, and responsive thereto: generating another modified text entry having one additional terminal character replaced with the wild card element; and searching the memory to identify as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry language objects that correspond with the another modified text entry, wherein if insufficient language objects have been identified, repeating said generating and said searching until sufficient language objects have been identified; and outputting one or more of the proposed language objects as proposed spell-check interpretations of the text entry. 4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: 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.