Slide to Type substitutes abbreviations for common words

I have an issue with Slide to Type substituting abbreviations for common words.

Whenever I try to type ‘was’ it substitutes ‘WA’s’, which I haven’t been able to figure out if that’s Washington’s or WhatsApp’s. I did delete WhatsApp because I had a similar issue with another app but unfortunately don’t remember which one it was now. Deleting that app solved the problem. It did not help in this case. I barely used WhatsApp and do not live in Washington. I never used this abbreviation either.

I also have an issue with ‘it’ and ‘IT’. I don’t work in any related field. I don’t and have typed IT with any frequency.

I have tried using text replacement as a workaround without success.

Posted on Nov 10, 2026 3:26 AM

2 replies

LD150

Level 10 (107,674 points)

Nov 10, 2026 4:10 AM in response to canmield2

canmield2 wrote:

This odd on an iPhone 17 Pro Max iOS 26.3. Not sure how to edit the post for accuracy.

If you mean why does it say iphone 13, yes it does that, especially if you tap "Fred's iPhone" because you may have more than one registered.

canmield2 Author

Level 1 (8 points)

Nov 10, 2026 3:29 AM in response to canmield2

This odd on an iPhone 17 Pro Max iOS 26.3. Not sure how to edit the post for accuracy.