diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/SpellCheckChannel.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/SpellCheckChannel.java
index ca17b264e4853..ecbfaead02cf2 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/SpellCheckChannel.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/SpellCheckChannel.java
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import io.flutter.Log;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.JSONMethodCodec;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
-import org.json.JSONException;
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.StandardMethodCodec;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /**
  * {@link SpellCheckChannel} is a platform channel that is used by the framework to initiate spell
@@ -26,9 +25,8 @@
  *
  * <p>Once the spell check results are received by the {@link
  * io.flutter.plugin.editing.SpellCheckPlugin}, it will send back to the framework the {@code
- * ArrayList<String>} of encoded spell check results (see {@link
- * io.flutter.plugin.editing.SpellCheckPlugin#onGetSentenceSuggestions} for details). For example,
- * the argument may look like: {@code {"7.11.world\nword\nold"}}. The {@link
+ * ArrayList<HashMap<String,Object>>} of spell check results (see {@link
+ * io.flutter.plugin.editing.SpellCheckPlugin#onGetSentenceSuggestions} for details). The {@link
  * io.flutter.plugin.editing.SpellCheckPlugin} only handles one request to fetch spell check results
  * at a time; see {@link io.flutter.plugin.editing.SpellCheckPlugin#initiateSpellCheck} for details.
  *
@@ -59,11 +57,11 @@ public void onMethodCall(@NonNull MethodCall call, @NonNull MethodChannel.Result
           switch (method) {
             case "SpellCheck.initiateSpellCheck":
               try {
-                final JSONArray argumentList = (JSONArray) args;
-                String locale = argumentList.getString(0);
-                String text = argumentList.getString(1);
+                final ArrayList<String> argumentList = (ArrayList<String>) args;
+                String locale = argumentList.get(0);
+                String text = argumentList.get(1);
                 spellCheckMethodHandler.initiateSpellCheck(locale, text, result);
-              } catch (JSONException exception) {
+              } catch (IllegalStateException exception) {
                 result.error("error", exception.getMessage(), null);
               }
               break;
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ public void onMethodCall(@NonNull MethodCall call, @NonNull MethodChannel.Result
       };
 
   public SpellCheckChannel(@NonNull DartExecutor dartExecutor) {
-    channel = new MethodChannel(dartExecutor, "flutter/spellcheck", JSONMethodCodec.INSTANCE);
+    channel = new MethodChannel(dartExecutor, "flutter/spellcheck", StandardMethodCodec.INSTANCE);
     channel.setMethodCallHandler(parsingMethodHandler);
   }
 
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPlugin.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPlugin.java
index 3f9d00951d347..1bfc503a73c4c 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPlugin.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPlugin.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
 import io.flutter.plugin.localization.LocalizationPlugin;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 /**
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ public class SpellCheckPlugin
   private final TextServicesManager mTextServicesManager;
   private SpellCheckerSession mSpellCheckerSession;
 
+  public static final String START_INDEX_KEY = "startIndex";
+  public static final String END_INDEX_KEY = "endIndex";
+  public static final String SUGGESTIONS_KEY = "suggestions";
+
   @VisibleForTesting MethodChannel.Result pendingResult;
 
   // The maximum number of suggestions that the Android spell check service is allowed to provide
@@ -105,19 +110,28 @@ public void performSpellCheck(@NonNull String locale, @NonNull String text) {
    * Callback for Android spell check API that decomposes results and send results through the
    * {@link SpellCheckChannel}.
    *
-   * <p>Spell check results will be encoded as a string representing the span of that result, with
-   * the format "start_index.end_index.suggestion_1/nsuggestion_2/nsuggestion_3", where there may be
-   * up to 5 suggestions.
+   * <p>Spell check results are encoded as dictionaries with a format that looks like
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   * {
+   *   startIndex: 0,
+   *   endIndex: 5,
+   *   suggestions: [hello, ...]
+   * }
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * where there may be up to 5 suggestions.
    */
   @Override
   public void onGetSentenceSuggestions(SentenceSuggestionsInfo[] results) {
     if (results.length == 0) {
-      pendingResult.success(new ArrayList<String>());
+      pendingResult.success(new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>());
       pendingResult = null;
       return;
     }
 
-    ArrayList<String> spellCheckerSuggestionSpans = new ArrayList<String>();
+    ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>> spellCheckerSuggestionSpans =
+        new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>();
     SentenceSuggestionsInfo spellCheckResults = results[0];
 
     for (int i = 0; i < spellCheckResults.getSuggestionsCount(); i++) {
@@ -128,19 +142,20 @@ public void onGetSentenceSuggestions(SentenceSuggestionsInfo[] results) {
         continue;
       }
 
-      String spellCheckerSuggestionSpan = "";
+      HashMap<String, Object> spellCheckerSuggestionSpan = new HashMap<String, Object>();
       int start = spellCheckResults.getOffsetAt(i);
-      int end = start + spellCheckResults.getLengthAt(i) - 1;
+      int end = start + spellCheckResults.getLengthAt(i);
 
-      spellCheckerSuggestionSpan += String.valueOf(start) + ".";
-      spellCheckerSuggestionSpan += String.valueOf(end) + ".";
+      spellCheckerSuggestionSpan.put(START_INDEX_KEY, start);
+      spellCheckerSuggestionSpan.put(END_INDEX_KEY, end);
 
+      ArrayList<String> suggestions = new ArrayList<String>();
       for (int j = 0; j < suggestionsCount; j++) {
-        spellCheckerSuggestionSpan += suggestionsInfo.getSuggestionAt(j) + "\n";
+        suggestions.add(suggestionsInfo.getSuggestionAt(j));
       }
 
-      spellCheckerSuggestionSpans.add(
-          spellCheckerSuggestionSpan.substring(0, spellCheckerSuggestionSpan.length() - 1));
+      spellCheckerSuggestionSpan.put(SUGGESTIONS_KEY, suggestions);
+      spellCheckerSuggestionSpans.add(spellCheckerSuggestionSpan);
     }
 
     pendingResult.success(spellCheckerSuggestionSpans);
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPluginTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPluginTest.java
index aa450c6dfe518..559ebcbae2a7a 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPluginTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/editing/SpellCheckPluginTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.systemchannels.SpellCheckChannel;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.BinaryMessenger;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.JSONMethodCodec;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.StandardMethodCodec;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class SpellCheckPluginTest {
   private static void sendToBinaryMessageHandler(
       BinaryMessenger.BinaryMessageHandler binaryMessageHandler, String method, Object args) {
     MethodCall methodCall = new MethodCall(method, args);
-    ByteBuffer encodedMethodCall = JSONMethodCodec.INSTANCE.encodeMethodCall(methodCall);
+    ByteBuffer encodedMethodCall = StandardMethodCodec.INSTANCE.encodeMethodCall(methodCall);
     binaryMessageHandler.onMessage(
         (ByteBuffer) encodedMethodCall.flip(), mock(BinaryMessenger.BinaryReply.class));
   }
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ public void onGetSentenceSuggestionsResultsWithSuccessAndNoResultsProperly() {
 
     spellCheckPlugin.onGetSentenceSuggestions(new SentenceSuggestionsInfo[] {});
 
-    verify(mockResult).success(new ArrayList<String>());
+    verify(mockResult).success(new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -209,6 +210,16 @@ public void onGetSentenceSuggestionsResultsWithSuccessAndResultsProperly() {
               new int[] {5})
         });
 
-    verify(mockResult).success(new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("7.11.world\nword\nold")));
+    ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>> expectedResults = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>();
+    HashMap<String, Object> expectedResult = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    expectedResult.put(SpellCheckPlugin.START_INDEX_KEY, 7);
+    expectedResult.put(SpellCheckPlugin.END_INDEX_KEY, 12);
+    expectedResult.put(
+        SpellCheckPlugin.SUGGESTIONS_KEY,
+        new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("world", "word", "old")));
+    expectedResults.add(expectedResult);
+
+    verify(mockResult).success(expectedResults);
   }
 }