*** a/src/hunspell/hunspell.cxx	2025-10-01 17:20:17.599434991 -0400
--- b/src/hunspell/hunspell.cxx	2025-10-01 17:21:01.839629317 -0400
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*** 155,160 ****
--- 155,161 ----
                      size_t* pabbrev);
    void clean_ignore(std::string& dest, const std::string& src);
    void mkinitcap(std::string& u8);
+   void mkinitsmall(std::string& u8);
    int mkinitcap2(std::string& u8, std::vector<w_char>& u16);
    int mkinitsmall2(std::string& u8, std::vector<w_char>& u16);
    void mkallcap(std::string& u8);
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    }
  
    // capitalize
!   if (capwords)
      for (auto& j : slst) {
        mkinitcap(j);
      }
  
    // expand suggestions with dot(s)
    if (abbv && pAMgr && pAMgr->get_sugswithdots() && word.size() >= abbv) {
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    }
  
    // capitalize
!   if (capwords) {
!     std::string initsmallword(word);
!     mkinitsmall(initsmallword);
!
      for (auto& j : slst) {
+       if (initsmallword == j)
+         continue;  // if capitalized, it would match misspelled word!
        mkinitcap(j);
      }
+   }
  
    // expand suggestions with dot(s)
    if (abbv && pAMgr && pAMgr->get_sugswithdots() && word.size() >= abbv) {
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--- 1449,1465 ----
      u16_u8(u8, u16);
    } else {
      ::mkinitcap(u8, csconv);
+   }
+ }
+
+ void HunspellImpl::mkinitsmall(std::string& u8) {
+   if (utf8) {
+     std::vector<w_char> u16;
+     u8_u16(u16, u8);
+     ::mkinitsmall_utf(u16, langnum);
+     u16_u8(u8, u16);
+   } else {
+     ::mkinitcap(u8, csconv);
    }
  }