Auto-Correction is changing my words incorrectly after iOS 18 update on iPhone

I've been an iPhone user for 15 years and I've never had issues with the autocorrect like I've had since upgrading to iOS 18. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's been completely debilitating. I've literally had to resort to dictation because typing a simple message can take me 10 minutes.


Every word I type ending with 's' gets autocorrected wrong. For instance, "jobs" gets changed to "job a." Literally EVERY SINGLE word ending with 's' gets appended with an 'a' for no reason.


I used to type contractions without the apostrophe because I could always count on iOS to add it for me. Now it just changes "whats" to "what a", "wheres" to "where a", "whens" to "when a", etc. And sometimes it's even worse where things like "didnt" somehow become "did my."


Words that aren't incorrect are changed to ones that are:

"our" to "out"

"come" to "coke"

"some" to "dime"

"guy" to "but"

"wise" to "word"

"quicker" to "quick we"

"stronger" to "step get"


And other total chaos:

"ask" to "as k"

"about" to "a out"

"these" to "the we"

"into" to "i to"

"hello" to "**** i"

"today" to "to day"

"maybe" to "may be"

"anyway" to "any way"

"called" to "call ed"


And these are only a handful of examples I've noticed in the last half hour or so.


PLEASE APPLE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX THIS!!!




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iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 23, 2024 10:52 AM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2024 5:39 AM

@Smore95GAGA - TYSM! I just tried your suggestion of resetting the keyboard to its factory default, and so far it seems to be better!


Also, this may not have been totally necessary, but when I went checking other settings, I noticed that my system dictionaries included a whole bunch of other dictionaries that I don’t think I ever selected. So I deselected a bunch of them that I didn’t need, including English UK (I’m in US) and a series of other international versions that appear to be related to my multi-language keyboard selection but are in fact totally different. Makes me think that this issue may be exacerbated by having more than one language setup for the keyboard?


Reset keyboard:

(Thanks Smore95GAGA!)

Settings>General>Transfer or Reset iPhone>Reset>Reset Keyboard Dictionary


Clean up dictionaries:

Settings>General>Dictionary

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Jan 21, 2025 4:18 AM in response to wwjbd

This is broken to the point where it should be a matter of profound shame to Apple. Alongside Siri's utter inability to understand even basic verbal commands on homepods. The ability to interact with your device is the ground floor, most basic need for any technology and Apple are utterly failing on this.


There are a number of fixes mentioned below that might help (a bit) but the best solution is to simply use a different keyboard on your phone. Specifically Gboard. The interface isn't quite as clean and stickers aren't the same but you can switch between keyboards easily enough where necessary.


And so far Gboard hasn't tried to change 'thanks' to 'Thaki's' or tomorrow to 'Romeo's' or 'and' to 'ANDY'


Blood boilingly awful issue and in an era of AI one which shouldn't even be on the radar.

Mar 17, 2025 6:05 AM in response to dala88

In a Reddit post, I read that turning off the APPLE DICTIONARY will eliminate the maddening autocorrect behaviors. Apparently, it’s some kind of AI-related “glitch” that they stupidly & inconsiderately unleashed upon the public.


I’ve done this, and it worked—today was Day 1 with it turned off, and I feel normal again—


To turn it off, go to Settings > General > Dictionary > Uncheck “Apple Dictionary” (go down the list, and you’ll see it checked)



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