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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _populate_spelling_error(word, suggestions, contents, line_offset, column_offset, message_start):
 """Create a LinterFailure for word. This function takes suggestions from :suggestions: and uses it to populate the message and candidate replacement. The replacement will be a line in :contents:, as determined by :line_offset: and :column_offset:. """

    error_line = contents[line_offset]
    if len(suggestions):
        char_word_offset = (column_offset + len(word))
        replacement = (error_line[:column_offset] +
                       suggestions[0] +
                       error_line[char_word_offset:])
    else:
        replacement = None

    if len(suggestions):
        suggestions_text = (""", perhaps you meant """ +
                            " ".join(suggestions))
    else:
        suggestions_text = ""

    format_desc = message_start + suggestions_text
    return LinterFailure(format_desc,
                         line_offset + 1,
                         replacement)