[fr][upstream] fr_FR dictionary is missing many common words

[chalin]

Originally posted by @chalin in #5833 (comment)

Adding the 152 missing words to the dictionary for this PR doesn't seem like a sustainable solution.

I agree that it isn't optimal nor sustainable.

Do you have any suggestions for addressing this issue more effectively?

Submitting PR(s) upstream to https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell-dicts; for example, the last update seems to be streetsidesoftware/cspell-dicts#680. Any volunteers? It would be of benefit to all projects that use cSpell's fr_FR dictionaries.

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References:

• [fr] French folder localization docs/concepts #5824

/cc @open-telemetry/docs-fr-approvers

[chalin]

It might be worth first inquiring with the maintainer. Most other languages have complete dictionaries out-of-the-box. It seems strange that the French one is so incomplete. It could be a build issue rather than an issue with the collection of words? Does anyone want to lead the investigation, maybe first opening an issue over streetsidesoftware/cspell-dicts?

[chalin]

It might also be worth asking what the fr Kubernetes folks using for spell checking, https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CG838BFT9 (#kubernetes-docs-fr).

Edit: I just posted a question, asking whether the K8s docs-fr folks used cSpell or not, see https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CG838BFT9/p1736018451325119.

[bertysentry]

Maybe we're just missing - fr-fr in the list of dictionaries in .cspell.yml?

[chalin]

Maybe we're just missing - fr-fr in the list of dictionaries in .cspell.yml?

@bertysentry - oh my, I had assumed that that had been added, yes that will probably be what is causing problems!