gedit / kedit does not remember words added to the dictionary

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • gedit and kedit do not remember or save words previously added to the dictionary.

  • Why is en_US.dic being overwritten when adding new words using gedit?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • enchant-1.5.0-4.el6
  • gedit-2.28.4-3.el6, kedit, kwrite, and other applications using enchant.

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