Index: graphspell-js/char_player.js
==================================================================
--- graphspell-js/char_player.js
+++ graphspell-js/char_player.js
@@ -361,15 +361,23 @@
     ]),
 
 
     cut: function (sWord) {
         // returns an arry of strings (prefix, trimed_word, suffix)
-        let m = /^([a-zA-Zà-öÀ-Ö0-9_ø-ÿØ-ßĀ-ʯfi-st]+)(-(?:t-|)(?:ils?|elles?|on|je|tu|nous|vous|ce)$)/.exec(sWord);
+        let sPrefix = "";
+        let sSuffix = "";
+        let m = /^([ldmtsnjcç]|lorsqu|presqu|jusqu|puisqu|quoiqu|quelqu|qu)[’'‘`]([a-zA-Zà-öÀ-Ö0-9_ø-ÿØ-ßĀ-ʯfi-st-]+)/i.exec(sWord);
+        if (m) {
+            sPrefix = m[1] + "’";
+            sWord = m[2];
+        }
+        m = /^([a-zA-Zà-öÀ-Ö0-9_ø-ÿØ-ßĀ-ʯfi-st]+)(-(?:t-|)(?:ils?|elles?|on|je|tu|nous|vous|ce)$)/i.exec(sWord);
         if (m) {
-            return ["", m[1], m[2]];
+            sWord = m[1];
+            sSuffix = m[2];
         }
-        return ["", sWord, ""];
+        return [sPrefix, sWord, sSuffix];
     },
 
     // Other functions
     filterSugg: function (aSugg) {
         return aSugg.filter((sSugg) => { return !sSugg.endsWith("è") && !sSugg.endsWith("È"); });

Index: graphspell/char_player.py
==================================================================
--- graphspell/char_player.py
+++ graphspell/char_player.py
@@ -350,20 +350,28 @@
 aPfx2 = frozenset([
     "belgo", "franco", "génito", "gynéco", "médico", "russo"
 ])
 
 
-_zMotAvecPronom = re.compile("^(?i)(\\w+)(-(?:t-|)(?:ils?|elles?|on|je|tu|nous|vous|ce))$")
+_zWordPrefixes = re.compile("(?i)^([ldmtsnjcç]|lorsqu|presqu|jusqu|puisqu|quoiqu|quelqu|qu)[’'‘`]([\\w-]+)")
+_zWordSuffixes = re.compile("(?i)^(\\w+)(-(?:t-|)(?:ils?|elles?|on|je|tu|nous|vous|ce))$")
 
 def cut (sWord):
     "returns a tuple of strings (prefix, trimed_word, suffix)"
-    m = _zMotAvecPronom.search(sWord)
+    sPrefix = ""
+    sSuffix = ""
+    m = _zWordPrefixes.search(sWord)
+    if m:
+        sPrefix = m.group(1) + "’"
+        sWord = m.group(2)
+    m = _zWordSuffixes.search(sWord)
     if m:
-        return ("", m.group(1), m.group(2))
-    return ("", sWord, "")
+        sWord = m.group(1)
+        sSuffix = m.group(2)
+    return (sPrefix, sWord, sSuffix)
 
 
 # Other functions
 
 def filterSugg (aSugg):
     "exclude suggestions"
     return filter(lambda sSugg: not sSugg.endswith(("è", "È")), aSugg)