diff -ruN gtkspell-2.0.16.orig/configure.ac gtkspell-2.0.16/configure.ac
--- gtkspell-2.0.16.orig/configure.ac	2022-02-26 12:25:34.656153930 +0000
+++ gtkspell-2.0.16/configure.ac	2022-02-26 12:26:23.869247467 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
-SPELLER_LIB=-lenchant
+#SPELLER_LIB=-lenchant
       
 AC_SUBST(SPELLER_LIB)
 GTKSPELL_PACKAGES=gtk+-2.0
diff -ruN gtkspell-2.0.16.orig/gtkspell/gtkspell.c gtkspell-2.0.16/gtkspell/gtkspell.c
--- gtkspell-2.0.16.orig/gtkspell/gtkspell.c	2009-10-09 21:01:47.000000000 +0000
+++ gtkspell-2.0.16/gtkspell/gtkspell.c	2022-02-26 12:26:10.060536084 +0000
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 	get_word_extents_from_mark(spell->buffer, &start, &end, spell->mark_click);
 	word = gtk_text_buffer_get_text(spell->buffer, &start, &end, FALSE);
 	
-	enchant_dict_add_to_pwl( spell->speller, word, strlen(word));
+	enchant_dict_add( spell->speller, word, strlen(word));
 
 	gtkspell_recheck_all(spell);