---
title: customWords
framework: vision
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/customwords
---

# customWords

An array of strings to supplement the recognized languages at the word-recognition stage.

## Declaration

```swift
var customWords: [String]
```

## Discussion

Discussion Custom words take precedence over the standard lexicon. The request ignores this value if useLanguageCorrection is false.

## See Also

### Inspecting the recognized text

- [automaticallyDetectLanguage](vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/automaticallydetectlanguage.md)
- [maximumCandidateCount](vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/maximumcandidatecount.md)
- [minimumTextHeightFraction](vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/minimumtextheightfraction.md)
- [recognitionLanguages](vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/recognitionlanguages.md)
- [useLanguageCorrection](vision/recognizedocumentsrequest/textrecognitionoptions-swift.struct/uselanguagecorrection.md)