For anyone coming across this issue, I solved it by installing hspell on my system with apt. It's about 1.2Mb in size
``` sudo apt install hspell -y ```` My guess -- and it's only a guess -- is that Kate comes bundled with hspell, but it missing some of the dictionary files. Installing hspell directly installs those dictionary files and removes the warning. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kate in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1548206 Title: Kate spellcheck not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hunspell/+bug/1548206/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs