diff --git a/devTools/spell_check.txt b/devTools/spell_check.txt
index 382e0999b0faf9d5fa5f470542d0a147f9478dbe..3c0098d47d613b1e3859882e895523d43da3681b 100644
--- a/devTools/spell_check.txt
+++ b/devTools/spell_check.txt
@@ -3724,7 +3724,6 @@ s/\bthrid\b/third/g
 s/\bthrorough\b/thorough/g
 s/\bthroughly\b/thoroughly/g
 s/\bthrougout\b/throughout/g
-s/\bthru\b/through/g
 s/\bthsi\b/this/g
 s/\bthsoe\b/those/g
 s/\bthta\b/that/g
diff --git a/fixSpellingMistakes b/fixSpellingMistakes
old mode 100644
new mode 100755