diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index cfeb481a0..95009958e 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -676,12 +676,16 @@ bool compare (
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-bool closeEnough (const std::string& reference, const std::string& attempt)
+bool closeEnough (
+  const std::string& reference,
+  const std::string& attempt,
+  unsigned int minLength /* = 0 */)
 {
   if (compare (reference, attempt, false))
     return true;
 
-  if (attempt.length () < reference.length ())
+  if (attempt.length () < reference.length () &&
+      attempt.length () >= minLength)
     return compare (reference.substr (0, attempt.length ()), attempt, false);
 
   return false;
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 8a92bbbe9..1127c8063 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool isWordEnd (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
 bool isTokenEnd (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
 bool isPunctuation (char);
 bool compare (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool sensitive = true);
-bool closeEnough (const std::string&, const std::string&);
+bool closeEnough (const std::string&, const std::string&, unsigned int minLength = 0);
 std::string::size_type find (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool sensitive = true);
 std::string::size_type find (const std::string&, const std::string&, std::string::size_type, bool sensitive = true);
 int strippedLength (const std::string&);