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look

From the look man page:

The look utility displays any lines in file which contain string as a prefix.

Handy enough. But if you don’t point look at a particular file, it defaults to using your system’s dictionary, which turns it into a quick spell-checker for the command line (or a way to remember that word that’s on the tip of your tongue).