diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/spellchecker/GroovySpellcheckingStrategy.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/spellchecker/GroovySpellcheckingStrategy.java
index 2a8f9ea95690..b47f57eacd05 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/spellchecker/GroovySpellcheckingStrategy.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/spellchecker/GroovySpellcheckingStrategy.java
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 package org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.codeInspection.spellchecker;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.SuppressIntentionAction;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.javadoc.PsiDocComment;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.inspections.PlainTextSplitter;
+import com.intellij.spellchecker.tokenizer.EscapeSequenceTokenizer;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.tokenizer.SuppressibleSpellcheckingStrategy;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.tokenizer.TokenConsumer;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.tokenizer.Tokenizer;
@@ -27,31 +27,43 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.codeInspection.GroovySuppressableInspectionTool;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.lexer.TokenSets;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GrNamedElement;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.resolve.GroovyStringLiteralManipulator;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.GrStringUtil;
 
 /**
  * @author peter
  */
 public class GroovySpellcheckingStrategy extends SuppressibleSpellcheckingStrategy {
   private final GrDocCommentTokenizer myDocCommentTokenizer = new GrDocCommentTokenizer();
+  private Tokenizer<PsiElement> myStringTokenizer = new Tokenizer<PsiElement>() {
+    @Override
+    public void tokenize(@NotNull PsiElement literal, TokenConsumer consumer) {
+      String text = GrStringUtil.removeQuotes(literal.getText());
+      if (!text.contains("\\")) {
+        consumer.consumeToken(literal, PlainTextSplitter.getInstance());
+      }
+      else {
+        StringBuilder unescapedText = new StringBuilder();
+        int[] offsets = new int[text.length() + 1];
+        GrStringUtil.parseStringCharacters(text, unescapedText, offsets);
+        EscapeSequenceTokenizer.processTextWithOffsets(literal, consumer, unescapedText, offsets, GrStringUtil.getStartQuote(literal.getText()).length());
+      }
+    }
+  };
 
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public Tokenizer getTokenizer(PsiElement element) {
+    if (TokenSets.STRING_LITERAL_SET.contains(element.getNode().getElementType())) {
+      return myStringTokenizer;
+    }
     if (element instanceof GrNamedElement) {
       final PsiElement name = ((GrNamedElement)element).getNameIdentifierGroovy();
       if (TokenSets.STRING_LITERAL_SET.contains(name.getNode().getElementType())) {
-        return new Tokenizer<GrNamedElement>() {
-          @Override
-          public void tokenize(@NotNull GrNamedElement element, TokenConsumer consumer) {
-            String text = name.getText();
-            TextRange range = GroovyStringLiteralManipulator.getLiteralRange(text);
-            consumer.consumeToken(name, text, false, 0, range, PlainTextSplitter.getInstance());
-          }
-        };
+        return EMPTY_TOKENIZER;
       }
     }
     if (element instanceof PsiDocComment) return myDocCommentTokenizer;
+    //if (element instanceof GrLiteralImpl && ((GrLiteralImpl)element).isStringLiteral()) return myStringTokenizer;
     return super.getTokenizer(element);
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/GroovySpellcheckerTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/GroovySpellcheckerTest.groovy
index 6af89920d7b7..e16eac955c3e 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/GroovySpellcheckerTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/GroovySpellcheckerTest.groovy
@@ -45,5 +45,15 @@ class SpockTest {
 '''
     checkTypos()
   }
-  
+
+  public void testStringEscapes() {
+    myFixture.configureByText 'a.groovy', '''
+def foo = "\\ntest \\n<TYPO descr="Typo: In word 'dddd'">dddd</TYPO>"
+def foo1 = '\\ntest \\n<TYPO descr="Typo: In word 'dddd'">dddd</TYPO>'
+def bar = """\\ntest \\n<TYPO descr="Typo: In word 'dddd'">dddd</TYPO>"""
+def bar1 = \'''\\ntest \\n<TYPO descr="Typo: In word 'dddd'">dddd</TYPO>\'''
+'''
+    checkTypos()
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/LiteralExpressionTokenizer.java b/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/LiteralExpressionTokenizer.java
index bb603058649d..be421176d366 100644
--- a/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/LiteralExpressionTokenizer.java
+++ b/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/LiteralExpressionTokenizer.java
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ public class LiteralExpressionTokenizer extends Tokenizer<PsiLiteralExpression>
     int[] offsets = new int[text.length()+1];
     PsiLiteralExpressionImpl.parseStringCharacters(text, unescapedText, offsets);
 
-    EscapeSequenceTokenizer.processTextWithOffsets(element, consumer, unescapedText, offsets);
+    EscapeSequenceTokenizer.processTextWithOffsets(element, consumer, unescapedText, offsets, 1);
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/EscapeSequenceTokenizer.java b/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/EscapeSequenceTokenizer.java
index 5402f0032707..b9ab65389aed 100644
--- a/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/EscapeSequenceTokenizer.java
+++ b/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/EscapeSequenceTokenizer.java
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import com.intellij.spellchecker.inspections.PlainTextSplitter;
  */
 public class EscapeSequenceTokenizer {
   public static void processTextWithOffsets(PsiElement element, TokenConsumer consumer, StringBuilder unescapedText,
-                                            int[] offsets) {
+                                            int[] offsets, int startOffset) {
     StringBuilder currentToken = new StringBuilder();
-    int currentTokenStart = 0;
+    int currentTokenStart = startOffset;
     for (int i = 0; i < unescapedText.length(); i++) {
       if (offsets[i+1]-offsets[i] == 1) {
         if (currentToken.length() == 0) {
-          currentTokenStart = offsets[i];
+          currentTokenStart = offsets[i] + startOffset;
         }
         currentToken.append(unescapedText.charAt(i));
       }
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ public class EscapeSequenceTokenizer {
                                           int currentTokenStart, TokenConsumer consumer) {
     final String token = currentToken.toString();
     // +1 for the starting quote of the string literal
-    consumer.consumeToken(element, token, false, currentTokenStart+1, TextRange.allOf(token), PlainTextSplitter.getInstance());
+    consumer.consumeToken(element, token, false, currentTokenStart, TextRange.allOf(token), PlainTextSplitter.getInstance());
   }
 }