Spell Checker- "unlearn" a word?

While writing a paper in Pages '08, I accidentally clicked "Learn" on a misspelled word. Is there any way to make the spell checker "unlearn" the word so it can continue correcting my mistakes?

Hello Dennis,
Thanks for the information, I was trying to figure out where this "forget" button could be, but of course if it is missing, then I can keep looking for it, right?....I am new to the Mac world, we just got our first iMac a months ago, so learning nice and slowly.
Do you have any idea when we could expect the upgrade to fix this "forget" problem?
Thanks: Eniko

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