--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:26.186157750 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:26.186157750 +0200
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 		if( index >= 0 &&
 		    (index + test.length() - 1) < string.length() ) {
 			String substring = string.substring( index, index + test.length());
-			matches = substring.equals( test );
+matches = string.charAt ( index + 1 )  == c;matches = substring.equals (  test  ) ;
 		}
 		return matches;
 	}
