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Lextionary gives you, I think, about the best you'll get. If I am trying to find out what "monkey" means, I get two definitions as a noun (a primate and also a mischievous person) with 7 synonyms (or closely related words) all clickable to their definitions. I also get two definitions of "monkey" as a verb (spending time idly and also alter or falsify), this time with ten closely related (clickable) words. Three of the four definitions also give you the word used in a sentence to help you get the meaning.
If by mistake I type "monky" wondering how to spell "monkey," I get 10 "closest" matches, by some metric: monk, manky, monkey, Monk, mink, mangy, mingy, mongo, mango, and mung. Each of these is clickable to its definition to see if it is the word I was searching for. So in that sense it is a spell-check program.
Of course, if I make my error too early, typing "nonkey" for "monkey," I also get ten "closest" matches, but none of them is "monkey" (or even close to "monkey"; I don't know how "annoying" is a close match here, for instance, but it is). So as a spell-check it is somewhat limited in that sense.
I love the program. They have a free trial period, so give it a shot.
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