A spelling the guide standardizes

The reviewed Genius spelling guide recommends this form.

Conventions: The standardized spellings, An apostrophe marks the omitted side.

What this check detects

The reviewed Genius spelling guide's preferred lyric forms. Case is preserved from the text being corrected, so a line-initial occurrence keeps its capital. Where an entry is marked fuzzy, any one-character typo of the preferred form is caught as well — always as a previewed fix, even where the entry’s own listed forms are safe.

• I'mma, Ima, Imma → becomes I'ma

  Also catches im'a and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• cause, cos → becomes 'cause

  Also catches coz, couse and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• cuz → becomes 'cause

  Previewed fix

  cuz remains valid when it means cousin.

• ok, O.K. → becomes okay

  Also catches okey and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• til → becomes 'til

  Previewed fix

  British English uses till and is not rewritten.

• trynna → becomes tryna

  Also catches tryina and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• aye, ay → becomes ayy

  Also catches ey, eyy, ei, eii, ayee, ayyy · Automatic fix

• hoe → becomes ho

  Previewed fix

  hoe remains valid for the gardening tool or its use.

• tho → becomes though

  Also catches thoe, thogh, thoug · Automatic fix

• yah → becomes ya

  Previewed fix

  yah remains valid when it means yeah or yes.

• ya’ll → becomes y'all

  Also catches yall, ya'll and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• skrt → becomes skrrt

  Also catches one-character typos · Automatic fix

• Perk, Percy → becomes Perc', Perky

  Previewed fix

  The replacement applies only when the word refers to Percocet.

• boujee, boujie → becomes bougie

  Also catches bougi, bougy, bouji, bourgie and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• shawty, shorty

  Both forms are accepted according to pronunciation.

  LyricLint reports neither form; the entry records the accepted variants and seeds Harper.

• lil, li'l → becomes lil'

  Automatic fix

• whoa → becomes woah

  Also catches whoah, whao, woa · Automatic fix

• dawg → becomes dog

  Previewed fix

  Depends on the recording: Genius also allows a distinct or deliberate pronunciation to be written as heard, so compare the audio before replacing it.

• choppa → becomes chopper

  Also catches choper and one-character typos · Previewed fix

  Depends on the recording: Genius also allows a distinct or deliberate pronunciation to be written as heard, so compare the audio before replacing it.

• oughtta → becomes oughta

  Also catches one-character typos · Automatic fix

• naïve → becomes naive

  Also catches naieve, niaive, neive and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• cliche → becomes cliché

  Also catches clichè, clichê, clichee and one-character typos · Automatic fix

• alright, all right

  Both forms are accepted.

  LyricLint reports neither form; the entry records the accepted variants and seeds Harper.

• AKA, AKAs, A.K.A, A.K.A.s → becomes a.k.a., a.k.a.s

  Previewed fix

  Which preferred form applies follows the position in the line.

• G.O.A.T., G.O.A.T.s → becomes GOAT, GOATs

  Also catches G.O.A.T, G.O.A.Ts · Automatic fix

• V.I.P., V.I.P.s → becomes VIP, VIPs

  Also catches vip, vips, V.I.P, V.I.Ps · Automatic fix

• A.S.A.P. → becomes ASAP

  Also catches asap, A.S.A.P · Automatic fix

  A$AP performer names remain unchanged.

• CREAM, C.R.E.A.M. → becomes cream

  Also catches creem · Previewed fix

  Keep C.R.E.A.M. when naming the Wu-Tang Clan song.

• H.A.M. → becomes HAM

  Also catches H.A.M · Automatic fix

“Also catches” is LyricLint's own work rather than reviewed guidance: curated transcription mistakes, and — where an entry says so — any one-character typo of the preferred form. The reviewed guideline names the forms before the arrow and does not name these, and a typo caught this way is always previewed rather than fixed in one press.

Example

[Verse]
Imma go

In the workbench this reads: Use “I'ma” instead of “Imma”.

[Verse]
I'ma go

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with I'ma. The fix is classified as safe, so pressing it applies the edit directly — one press, one undo step.

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:

Use standardized spellings (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-08-12 Preferred spellings with contextual exceptions