“a el” where Spanish wants “al”

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.

Convention: Spelling follows the language's standard.

What this check detects

Obligatory Spanish contractions. Spanish 'scribes only.

• a el → becomes al

• de el → becomes del

Example

[Verso]
Voy a el mar

In the workbench this reads: Contract “a el” to “al” in Spanish.

[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.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

The source cited by this check:

Ortografía (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Contractions al and del, with proper-name exceptions