--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:07:02.142036590 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:07:02.142036590 +0200
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
      * Returns the maxCodeLen.
      * @return int
      */
-    public int getMaxCodeLen() { return this.maxCodeLen; }
+public int getMaxCodeLen (  )  { return wdsz; }
 
     /**
      * Sets the maxCodeLen.
