Tap on the Phone icon, then Contacts - > + to add a new contact and
trick autocorrect into respecting the spelling of their name.
Not only will
it trick autocorrect into doing its job, it will make you feel worldly to have contacts named «Urbane Prosciutto» and «Punctuation, Bonobo!»
Not exact matches
If for some reason selecting the alternative text or backspacing over the text to replace it with the correct spelling doesn't fix your problem, you can use the
trick in the next section to override
autocorrect.
If you've done your best to undo your
autocorrect missteps using the
tricks outlined above regarding setting (and overwriting)
autocorrect entries but you just can't seem to get the changes to stick, the final step to wiping the
autocorrect slate clean is to reset the keyboard dictionary.