Index: graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
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--- graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
+++ graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@
         }
         this.aAllSugg.add(sSugg);
         if (!this.aSugg.has(sSugg)) {
             let nDist = str_transform.distanceDamerauLevenshtein(this.sSimplifiedWord, char_player.simplifyWord(sSugg));
             if (nDist <= this.nDistLimit) {
+                if (sSugg.includes(" ")) { // add 1 to distance for split suggestions
+                    nDist += 1;
+                }
                 if (!this.dSugg.has(nDist)) {
                     this.dSugg.set(nDist, []);
                 }
                 this.dSugg.get(nDist).push(sSugg);
                 this.aSugg.add(sSugg);

Index: graphspell/ibdawg.py
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--- graphspell/ibdawg.py
+++ graphspell/ibdawg.py
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@
             return
         self.aAllSugg.add(sSugg)
         if sSugg not in self.aSugg:
             nDist = st.distanceDamerauLevenshtein(self.sSimplifiedWord, cp.simplifyWord(sSugg))
             if nDist <= self.nDistLimit:
+                if " " in sSugg:
+                    nDist += 1
                 if nDist not in self.dSugg:
                     self.dSugg[nDist] = []
                 self.dSugg[nDist].append(sSugg)
                 self.aSugg.add(sSugg)
                 if nDist < self.nMinDist: