diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.txt b/backend/requirements/base.txt
index 03b1a28e..3e5e5439 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ watchfiles==0.19.0
 websockets==11.0.3
 sqlalchemy==2.0.19
 psycopg2-binary
-pytz==2023.3
\ No newline at end of file
+pytz==2023.3
+pyspellchecker==0.7.2
diff --git a/model_data/utils.py b/model_data/utils.py
index 744914a4..079d1849 100644
--- a/model_data/utils.py
+++ b/model_data/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import re
-from textblob import TextBlob
+from spellchecker import SpellChecker
 
 # Pre-compile the regular expression
 PERCENTAGE_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^\d+%?$')
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ def correct_spelling(text):
         if is_percentage_or_number(word):
             corrected_words.append(word)
         else:
-            blob = TextBlob(word)  # create a TextBlob object
-            corrected_word = blob.correct()  # use the correct method to correct spelling
+            spell = SpellChecker()
+            corrected_word = spell.correction(text)
             corrected_words.append(str(corrected_word))  # convert corrected word back to string
 
     corrected_text = ' '.join(corrected_words)