Contract “a el” to “al” in Spanish.

Suggestion grammar.spanish-contractions Previewed fix

Spanish contracts the lowercase prepositions “a” and “de” with the article “el.” Capitalized “El” is left alone because it can belong to a proper name.

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Verso]
Voy a el mar
Accepted by this rule
[Verso]
Voy al mar

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with al. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

Source

The guideline this rule enforces, as cited on every finding it reports:

Ortografía verified Contractions al and del, with proper-name exceptions
Local-first. No account, no upload, no tracking. Rule set 2026.07.25.8 · published 2026-07-25