Are you a spelling “nazi”? Do you throw a tantrum every time you see a word spelt incorrectly? Well if you’re like me, a South African speaking the Queen’s English, then you will feel appalled each time you have to change the predicative spelling of words on your iPhone.

As they are manufactured in the US, the iPhone’s predicative text includes US spelling – realized, color, neighbor, etc. But the good news is you can change your language option to the British English allowing your phone’s predictive text to spell the way you do.

Here’s how…

Launch the Settings app. Click on the General tab:

Once in the General window, click on International:

You will then need to select Language:

“English” is already ticked but this is US English. So you will need to tick British English and click Done:

Once Done is clicked, a black screen will appear advising that it is setting the language. You won’t need to restart your phone for the settings to activate: