Index: gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
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--- gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
+++ gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@
         elif sWord.islower():
             aSugg.update(self._suggest(sWord.title(), nMaxDel=nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl=nMaxHardRepl))
         if not aSugg:
             #print("crush useless chars")
             aSugg.update(self._suggestWithCrushedUselessChars(cp.clearWord(sWord)))
-        aSugg = filter(lambda sSugg: not sSugg.endswith("è") and not sSugg.endswith("È"), aSugg) # fr language 
+        aSugg = filter(lambda sSugg: not sSugg.endswith(("è", "È")), aSugg) # fr language 
         return sorted(aSugg, key=lambda sSugg: cp.distanceDamerauLevenshtein(sWord, sSugg))[:nMaxSugg]
 
     def _suggest (self, sRemain, nMaxDel=0, nMaxHardRepl=0, nDeep=0, iAddr=0, sNewWord="", bAvoidLoop=False):
         "returns a set of suggestions"
         # recursive function