When you type a message on yoru Blackberry Pearl, RIM’s SureType technology will try to “guess” (an educated guess) the word you want to type. Sometimes you’ll type a word that isn’t in the default dictionary and your Blackberry will suggest one. You can add your unique words when you do a spell check, by pressing the Blackberry button and “Add to dictionary.”

Unfortunately sometimes you can end up with words in your dictionary that aren’t actually words. This can mess you up when your Blackberry suggests one of these “non-words.” It’s takes a little more effort to get to the real word you were trying to spell.

To prevent this from happening, every couple of months, you should go into your custom dictionary and delete the words that aren’t real. I just had to do that today when spelling the word “I’m” ended up being “Um”. Not sure how “Um” got in the dictionary, but I had to do something cause it was driving me nuts.

How to clean up your custom dictionary:

1. Click on “Options”. This is usually a wrench icon with most themese.
2. Scroll down and click on “Custom Dictionary”.
3. Work your way through the list of words and delete any you didn’t intent to have in the dictionary.
4. The list is in alphabetical order starting with capital letters first.

This will help to minimize your frustration with SureType.