--- /DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:08:57.082033043 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:08:57.086033042 +0200
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@
     public boolean isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String value1, 
                                           String value2, 
                                           boolean alternate) {
-        return doubleMetaphone(value1, alternate).equals(doubleMetaphone
-                                                         (value2, alternate));
+return doubleMetaphone ( alternate, value1 ) .equals ( doubleMetaphone ( value2, alternate )  ) ;
+ 
     }
     
     /**
