Disable spell checking in IE 11 (Win 8.1)

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Published on 2013-10-22T15:49:17Z Indexed on 2013/10/22 15:57 UTC
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I have the same Problem as described here: Disable spell checking in Internet Explorer 10 (Windows 8)

My system: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

What I've already done:

Deactivating the spelling options:

(There may be minor differences between the following screenshot and the actual 8.1 display. I copied it from here because I own a German Version and I therefore thought that an English one would be simpler to understand.)

I turned both options off and tried to restart IE. It's still "correcting" my texts.

PC Settings

Searching for 'spelling correction' addons

As said in the picture, this entry does not exist on my PC. (The following screenshot is taken from here) IE Addons

Is there any way of disabling it? I prefer an "official" solution if one is available. Otherwise, I also take any registry involving Solutions.

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