diff --git a/plugins/search-everywhere-ml/typos/src/com/intellij/searchEverywhereMl/typos/models/LanguageModelDictionary.kt b/plugins/search-everywhere-ml/typos/src/com/intellij/searchEverywhereMl/typos/models/LanguageModelDictionary.kt
index 30d628471d44..6f9180b4ea60 100644
--- a/plugins/search-everywhere-ml/typos/src/com/intellij/searchEverywhereMl/typos/models/LanguageModelDictionary.kt
+++ b/plugins/search-everywhere-ml/typos/src/com/intellij/searchEverywhereMl/typos/models/LanguageModelDictionary.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal class SimpleLanguageModelDictionary(private val words: Map<String, Int>
 
   override fun getFrequency(word: String): Int? = words[word]
 
-  override fun contains(word: String, caseSensitive: Boolean): Boolean = word in words
+  override fun contains(word: String, caseSensitive: Boolean): Boolean = allWords.any { it.startsWith(word, false)}
 
   override fun suggest(word: String): LinkedSet<String> = words.keys
     .filterTo(LinkedHashSet()) {