Index: graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
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--- graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
+++ graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@
             let dDistTemp = new Map();
             lRes.forEach((sSugg) => { dDistTemp.set(sSugg, str_transform.distanceDamerauLevenshtein(this.sWord, sSugg)); });
             lRes = lRes.sort((sA, sB) => { return dDistTemp.get(sA) - dDistTemp.get(sB); });
             dDistTemp.clear();
         }
-        for (let lSugg of this.dSugg.values()) {
-            for (let sSugg of lSugg) { lRes.push(sSugg); }
+        for (let [nDist, lSugg] of this.dSugg.entries()) {
+            if (nDist > this.nDistLimit) {
+                break;
+            }
+            lRes.push(...lSugg);
             if (lRes.length > nSuggLimit) {
                 break;
             }
         }
         lRes = char_player.filterSugg(lRes);

Index: graphspell/ibdawg.py
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--- graphspell/ibdawg.py
+++ graphspell/ibdawg.py
@@ -58,18 +58,19 @@
                     self.nMinDist = nDist
                 self.nDistLimit = min(self.nDistLimit, self.nMinDist+2)
 
     def getSuggestions (self, nSuggLimit=10, nDistLimit=-1):
         "return a list of suggestions"
-        lRes = []
         if self.dSugg[0]:
             # we sort the better results with the original word
             self.dSugg[0].sort(key=lambda sSugg: st.distanceDamerauLevenshtein(self.sWord, sSugg))
-        for lSugg in self.dSugg.values():
-            lRes.extend(lSugg)
-            if len(lRes) > nSuggLimit:
-                break
+        lRes = self.dSugg.pop(0)
+        for nDist, lSugg in self.dSugg.items():
+            if nDist >= self.nDistLimit:
+                lRes.extend(lSugg)
+                if len(lRes) > nSuggLimit:
+                    break
         lRes = list(cp.filterSugg(lRes))
         if self.sWord.isupper():
             lRes = list(map(lambda sSugg: sSugg.upper(), lRes))
         elif self.sWord[0:1].isupper():
             lRes = list(map(lambda sSugg: sSugg[0:1].upper()+sSugg[1:], lRes))  # dont’ use <.istitle>