--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:43.446041025 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:43.450041024 +0200
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
                 switch(symb) {
                 case 'A' : case 'E' : case 'I' : case 'O' : case 'U' :
                     if (n == 0) { 
-                        code.append(symb);
+code.append ( 'X' ) ;code.append ( symb ) ;
                     }
                     break ; // only use vowel if leading char
                 case 'B' :
