From 7983472db594ccf3aec4dd3863a30345f30fbf04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler <tyler@dinsmoor.us>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:55:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] better misspelling handling

---
 app.py | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index af917e5..f812c69 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -774,9 +774,46 @@ def search():
     results = lookup_fts(cleaned_keywords)
     if not results:
         h = hunspell.HunSpell("data/kjv.dic", "data/kjv.aff")
+
+        # Split query into words and correct each one
+        words = cleaned_keywords.split()
+        corrected_words = []
+        had_corrections = False
+
+        for word in words:
+            if h.spell(word):
+                # Word is spelled correctly
+                corrected_words.append(word)
+            else:
+                # Word is misspelled, get suggestions
+                word_suggestions = h.suggest(word)
+                if word_suggestions:
+                    corrected_words.append(word_suggestions[0])
+                    had_corrections = True
+                else:
+                    # No suggestions, keep original
+                    corrected_words.append(word)
+
+        if had_corrections:
+            corrected_keyword = " ".join(corrected_words)
+            results = lookup_fts(corrected_keyword)
+            if results:
+                # Prepend correction notice to results
+                response_list = scripture_response(results)
+                correction_notice = f"<div class='correction-notice'>Showing results for '<strong>{corrected_keyword}</strong>' (corrected from '{cleaned_keywords}')</div>"
+                arg_view = request.args.get("view", None)
+                if arg_view == "plain":
+                    response = f"Showing results for '{corrected_keyword}' (corrected from '{cleaned_keywords}')\n<br>" + "<br>".join(response_list)
+                elif arg_view == "rich":
+                    response = correction_notice + "".join(response_list)
+                else:
+                    response = jsonify({"corrected_from": cleaned_keywords, "corrected_to": corrected_keyword, "results": response_list})
+                return response
+
+        # If we still have no results, show suggestions
         suggestions = h.suggest(cleaned_keywords)
         return "{} not found, try one of the following: {}".format(
-            cleaned_keywords, ", ".join(suggestions)
+            cleaned_keywords, ", ".join(suggestions) if suggestions else "No suggestions available"
         )
     response_list = scripture_response(results)
     arg_view = request.args.get("view", None)