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diff --git a/src/electron/ipc-api/cld.ts b/src/electron/ipc-api/cld.ts
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+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+import cld from 'cld';
+
+const debug = require('debug')('Ferdi:ipcApi:cld');
+
+export default async () => {
+  ipcMain.handle('detect-language', async (_event, { sample }) => {
+    try {
+      const result = await cld.detect(sample);
+      debug('Checking language', 'probability', result.languages);
+      if (result.reliable) {
+        debug(
+          'Language detected reliably, setting spellchecker language to',
+          result.languages[0].code,
+        );
+
+        return result.languages[0].code;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+    }
+  });
+};