Why is Spell Checker Wrong So Often?

I often find words I've written being marked as "wrong", yet when I check with any of the "full-sized" on-line dictionaries, I find that I am correct, not Apple. This is frustrating, since it does help me catch typos, but then I waste time verifying that many of the words it flags are in fact, correct.
Anyone know why it is not more accurate? It's almost as much a joke as the Apple "Help" feature....

What are the example words?
Please list example words with used program.
And often, when I click "look up in dictionary", it will affirm my spelling was correct, which is really wack, as the dictionary & own spell check should be in synch, no?
Apparently they are different files.
You could try Pacifist and see if you could figure on how to re-load the language dictionaries.
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