diff --git a/social-interaction/Note.mjs b/social-interaction/Note.mjs
index 223f95d..7911cbf 100644
--- a/social-interaction/Note.mjs
+++ b/social-interaction/Note.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { isMisspelled } from "spellchecker"
 import logger from "../logger.mjs"
+import { wordExistsInDictionary } from "../database-calls/db.mjs"
 const sampleNote = {
     "id": "9id213fllx9y189f",
     "createdAt": "2023-08-13T13:37:09.537Z",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ get isSingleWord() {
 }
 
 get isRealWord(){
-    return !isMisspelled(this.cleanText)
+    return wordExistsInDictionary(this.cleanText)
 }
 
 get author(){
diff --git a/test/Note.test.mjs b/test/Note.test.mjs
index 23027ad..cd347b7 100644
--- a/test/Note.test.mjs
+++ b/test/Note.test.mjs
@@ -119,20 +119,23 @@ describe("Testing Note getters", function () {
     expect(N1.isSingleWord).to.equal(true)
     done()
   })
-  it("10. isRealWord should return true when text = 'word'", function (done) {
+  it("10. isRealWord should return true when text = 'word'", async function () {
     N1.raw.text = "word"
-    expect(N1.isRealWord).to.equal(true)
-    done()
+    const result = await N1.isRealWord
+    expect(result).to.equal(true)
+    
   })
-  it("11. isRealWord should return false when text = 'embiggensly'", function (done) {
+  it("11. isRealWord should return false when text = 'embiggensly'", async function () {
     N1.raw.text = "embiggensly"
-    expect(N1.isRealWord).to.equal(false)
-    done()
+    const result = await N1.isRealWord
+    expect(result).to.equal(false)
+    
   })
-  it("11.1 isRealWord should return false when text = 'awjfdihfeauigfieau'", function (done) {
+  it("11.1 isRealWord should return false when text = 'awjfdihfeauigfieau'", async function () {
     N1.raw.text = "awjfdihfeauigfieau"
-    expect(N1.isRealWord).to.equal(false)
-    done()
+    const result = await N1.isRealWord
+    expect(result).to.equal(false)
+    
   })
   it("12. author should return a string", function (done) {
     expect(N1.author).is.a('string')