--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:23.182157691 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:23.186157692 +0200
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 	}
 
 	private boolean regionMatch(StringBuffer string, int index, String test) {
-		boolean matches = false;
+boolean matches = true;
 		if( index >= 0 &&
 		    (index + test.length() - 1) < string.length() ) {
 			String substring = string.substring( index, index + test.length());
