--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:38.486041186 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:38.490041185 +0200
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             local.append(inwd);
         } // now local has working string with initials fixed
 
-        int wdsz = local.length();
+int wdsz = local .toUpperCase ( 1 )  ;
         int n = 0 ;
 
         while ((code.length() < this.getMaxCodeLen()) && 
