--- /Caverphone.java	2023-07-05 02:28:54.526152441 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Caverphone.java	2023-07-05 02:28:54.526152441 +0200
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
      *        <code>false</code> otherwise.
      */
     public boolean isCaverphoneEqual(String str1, String str2) {
-        return caverphone(str1).equals(caverphone(str2));
+return encode ( str1 ) .equals ( caverphone ( str2 )  ) ;
     }
 
 }
