Index: graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
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--- graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
+++ graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
@@ -330,19 +330,31 @@
         let nMaxSwitch = Math.max(Math.floor(sWord.length / 3), 1);
         let nMaxDel = Math.floor(sWord.length / 5);
         let nMaxHardRepl = Math.max(Math.floor((sWord.length - 5) / 4), 1);
         let nMaxJump = Math.max(Math.floor(sWord.length / 4), 1);
         let oSuggResult = new SuggResult(sWord);
+        this._splitSuggest(oSuggResult, sWord);
         this._suggest(oSuggResult, sWord, nMaxSwitch, nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl, nMaxJump);
         let aSugg = oSuggResult.getSuggestions(nSuggLimit);
         if (sSfx || sPfx) {
             // we add what we removed
             return aSugg.map( (sSugg) => { return sPfx + sSugg + sSfx; } );
         }
         //console.timeEnd("Suggestions for " + sWord);
         return aSugg;
     }
+
+    _splitSuggest (oSuggResult, sWord) {
+        for (let cSplitter of "'’") {
+            if (sWord.includes(cSplitter)) {
+                let [sWord1, sWord2] = sWord.split(cSplitter, 2);
+                if (this.isValid(sWord1) && this.isValid(sWord2)) {
+                    oSuggResult.addSugg(sWord1+" "+sWord2);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     _suggest (oSuggResult, sRemain, nMaxSwitch=0, nMaxDel=0, nMaxHardRepl=0, nMaxJump=0, nDist=0, nDeep=0, iAddr=0, sNewWord="", bAvoidLoop=false) {
         // returns a set of suggestions
         // recursive function
         if (sRemain == "") {

Index: graphspell/ibdawg.py
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--- graphspell/ibdawg.py
+++ graphspell/ibdawg.py
@@ -301,17 +301,25 @@
         nMaxSwitch = max(len(sWord) // 3, 1)
         nMaxDel = len(sWord) // 5
         nMaxHardRepl = max((len(sWord) - 5) // 4, 1)
         nMaxJump = max(len(sWord) // 4, 1)
         oSuggResult = SuggResult(sWord)
+        self._splitSuggest(oSuggResult, sWord)
         self._suggest(oSuggResult, sWord, nMaxSwitch, nMaxDel, nMaxHardRepl, nMaxJump)
         aSugg = oSuggResult.getSuggestions(nSuggLimit)
         if sSfx or sPfx:
             # we add what we removed
             return list(map(lambda sSug: sPfx + sSug + sSfx, aSugg))
         return aSugg
 
+    def _splitSuggest (self, oSuggResult, sWord):
+        for cSplitter in "'’":
+            if cSplitter in sWord:
+                sWord1, sWord2 = sWord.split(cSplitter, 1)
+                if self.isValid(sWord1) and self.isValid(sWord2):
+                    oSuggResult.addSugg(sWord1+" "+sWord2)
+
     def _suggest (self, oSuggResult, sRemain, nMaxSwitch=0, nMaxDel=0, nMaxHardRepl=0, nMaxJump=0, nDist=0, nDeep=0, iAddr=0, sNewWord="", bAvoidLoop=False):
         # recursive function
         #logging.info((nDeep * "  ") + sNewWord + ":" + sRemain)
         if not sRemain:
             if int.from_bytes(self.byDic[iAddr:iAddr+self.nBytesArc], byteorder='big') & self._finalNodeMask: