Index: gc_core/js/ibdawg.js
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--- gc_core/js/ibdawg.js
+++ gc_core/js/ibdawg.js
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@
     }
 
     suggest (sWord, nMaxSugg=10) {
         // returns a array of suggestions for <sWord>
         let nMaxDel = Math.floor(sWord.length / 5);
-        let nMaxHardRepl = Math.max(Math.floor((sWord.length - 5) / 3), 1);
+        let nMaxHardRepl = Math.max(Math.floor((sWord.length - 5) / 4), 1);
         let aSugg = this._suggest(sWord, nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl);
         if (sWord.gl_isTitle()) {
             aSugg.gl_update(this._suggest(sWord.toLowerCase(), nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl));
         }
         else if (sWord.gl_isLowerCase()) {

Index: gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
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--- gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
+++ gc_core/py/ibdawg.py
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@
 
     def suggest (self, sWord, nMaxSugg=10):
         "returns a set of suggestions for <sWord>"
         aSugg = set()
         nMaxDel = len(sWord) // 5
-        nMaxHardRepl = max((len(sWord) - 5) // 3, 1)
+        nMaxHardRepl = max((len(sWord) - 5) // 4, 1)
         aSugg.update(self._suggest(sWord, nMaxDel=nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl=nMaxHardRepl))
         if sWord.istitle():
             aSugg.update(self._suggest(sWord.lower(), nMaxDel=nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl=nMaxHardRepl))
             aSugg = set(map(lambda sSugg: sSugg.title(), aSugg))
         elif sWord.islower():