# Spelling Suggestions: Catch Domain Search Typos in One Click

> Instant Domain Search now detects likely typos 350 ms after you pause typing and offers a one-click correction below the domain name with zero layout shift.

- **URL:** https://instantdomainsearch.com/changelog/spelling-suggestions
- **Category:** updates
- **Published:** 2026-10-22

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Type [restuarant](https://instantdomainsearch.com/?q=restuarant) into a domain search and two things can go wrong right away: the misspelled domain might look open when the real word is taken, or, as with **restuarant.com**, you might stare at an $8,000 aftermarket listing for a typo.

Instant Domain Search now checks your query for likely misspellings and shows a quiet **Did you mean?** prompt right under the primary domain result. Click the suggested domain to switch your search to the corrected spelling immediately.

## How spelling suggestions work

Domain search is full of invented brand names, compound words, and acronyms, so a spellchecker that auto-corrects your query or flags every coined word would quickly get in the way. We tuned **Did you mean?** around three rules so it only speaks up when a typo is genuinely likely:

- **Waits until you pause typing.** As you type, the prompt stays hidden so it never flashes intermediate guesses mid-word. Once you pause for **350 ms**, it checks the completed query. Open a shared search link with a typo already in the URL, and the same check runs as the page loads.
- **Preserves the extension you typed.** Search for **restuarant** and the prompt offers **restaurant.com**. Search for [restuarant.io](https://instantdomainsearch.com/?q=restuarant.io), or paste a full URL like `https://restuarant.io/menu`, and the prompt keeps your extension, offering **restaurant.io**.
- **Stays quiet on coined brand names.** Suggestions must be a single edit away (one transposed pair, one missing letter, one repeated letter, or one substituted letter), keep the same first letter, and be at least four characters long. Before a new spelling index goes live, it is tested against brand names and tech terms like **brex**, **lyft**, **reddit**, **shopify**, **vercel**, **zapier**, and **digg** that must stay as typed.

## Zero layout shift on desktop and mobile

Because availability results appear as you type, a **Did you mean?** row that pushed the page down when it arrived after 350 ms could move the **Buy** or **Continue** button right as you reached to click it.

On desktop, the primary result card reserves a fixed line below the domain name so the **Did you mean?** prompt appears without moving a single pixel of the results below. On mobile, the prompt sits in a reserved slot below the action buttons so the primary domain and its buttons stay anchored at the top of the card.

## Try it

Open [Instant Domain Search with a typo like restuarant](https://instantdomainsearch.com/?q=restuarant), pause for a beat, and click **restaurant.com** to jump straight to the corrected search.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Instant Domain Search ever change my query automatically?

No. We always search the exact letters you typed first, because many great domain names are deliberate respellings. **Did you mean?** is always an optional one-click button.

### What happens if I type a specific domain extension like .io or .ai?

The suggestion keeps the extension you typed. Searching **restuarant.io** suggests **restaurant.io**, and if you do not include an extension, it defaults to **.com**.

### Why doesn’t a short word or a coined startup name trigger a suggestion?

Short strings and invented brand names look like typos to an ordinary dictionary. Limiting suggestions to single-edit corrections of four or more letters that share the same starting letter prevents most false alarms, and every new index is tested against a list of real brand names before it goes live.