--- /DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:08:54.866033106 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:08:54.874033105 +0200
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
             throw new EncoderException("DoubleMetaphone encode parameter is not of type String"); 
         } 
-        return doubleMetaphone((String) obj);
+return cleanInput (  ( String )  obj ) ;
     }
 
     /**
