---
title: customWords
framework: vision
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/customwords
---

# customWords

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

## Declaration

```swift
var customWords: [String] { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

Recognizing Text in Images

## Discussion

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

## See Also

### Specifying the Language

- [automaticallyDetectsLanguage](vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/automaticallydetectslanguage.md)
- [recognitionLanguages](vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/recognitionlanguages.md)
- [usesLanguageCorrection](vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/useslanguagecorrection.md)
- [supportedRecognitionLanguages()](vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/supportedrecognitionlanguages().md)
- [supportedRecognitionLanguages(for:revision:)](vision/vnrecognizetextrequest/supportedrecognitionlanguages(for:revision:).md)