diff --git a/src/components/DataEntry/DataEntryTable/EntryCellComponents/GlossWithSuggestions.tsx b/src/components/DataEntry/DataEntryTable/EntryCellComponents/GlossWithSuggestions.tsx
index 34c81b5b63..ed3bc95ce7 100644
--- a/src/components/DataEntry/DataEntryTable/EntryCellComponents/GlossWithSuggestions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DataEntry/DataEntryTable/EntryCellComponents/GlossWithSuggestions.tsx
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export default function GlossWithSuggestions(
 ): ReactElement {
   const spellChecker = useContext(SpellCheckerContext);
 
-  const maxSuggestions = 5;
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (props.onUpdate) {
       props.onUpdate();
@@ -39,11 +37,8 @@ export default function GlossWithSuggestions(
     <Autocomplete
       id={props.textFieldId}
       disabled={props.isDisabled}
-      filterOptions={(options: string[]) =>
-        options.length <= maxSuggestions
-          ? options
-          : options.slice(0, maxSuggestions)
-      }
+      // there's a bug with disappearing options if filterOptions isn't specified
+      filterOptions={(options) => options}
       // freeSolo allows use of a typed entry not available as a drop-down option
       freeSolo
       includeInputInList
diff --git a/src/utilities/spellChecker.ts b/src/utilities/spellChecker.ts
index fedada7794..e938ae1529 100644
--- a/src/utilities/spellChecker.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/spellChecker.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ interface SplitWord {
   final?: string;
 }
 
+const maxSuggestions = 5;
+
 export default class SpellChecker {
   private bcp47: Bcp47Code | undefined;
   private dictLoader: DictionaryLoader | undefined;
+  private dictLoaded: { [key: string]: string[] } = {};
   private spell: nspell | undefined;
 
   constructor(lang?: string) {
@@ -29,9 +32,11 @@ export default class SpellChecker {
 
     this.bcp47 = bcp47;
     this.dictLoader = new DictionaryLoader(bcp47);
+    this.dictLoaded = {};
     await this.dictLoader.loadDictionary().then((dic) => {
       if (dic !== undefined) {
         this.spell = nspell("SET UTF-8", dic);
+        this.addToDictLoaded(dic);
         if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
           console.log(`Loaded spell-checker: ${bcp47}`);
         }
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ export default class SpellChecker {
 
     const part = await this.dictLoader.loadDictPart(word);
     if (part) {
+      this.addToDictLoaded(part);
       this.spell.personal(part);
     }
   }
@@ -55,6 +61,15 @@ export default class SpellChecker {
     return this.spell?.correct(word);
   }
 
+  addToDictLoaded(entries: string): void {
+    entries.split("\n").map((w) => {
+      if (!(w[0] in this.dictLoaded)) {
+        this.dictLoaded[w[0]] = [];
+      }
+      this.dictLoaded[w[0]].push(w);
+    });
+  }
+
   static cleanAndSplit(word: string): SplitWord {
     // Trim whitespace from the start and non-letter/-mark/-number characters from the end.
     // Use of \p{L}\p{M}\p{N} here matches that in split_dictionary.py.
@@ -88,15 +103,30 @@ export default class SpellChecker {
     // Don't await--just load for future use.
     this.load(final);
 
+    // Get spelling suggestions.
     let suggestions = this.spell.suggest(final);
-    if (!suggestions.length) {
-      // Extend the current word to get suggestions 1 or 2 characters longer.
-      suggestions = this.spell.suggest(`${final}..`);
+
+    // Add lookahead suggestions.
+    if (this.dictLoaded[final[0]] && suggestions.length < maxSuggestions) {
+      const lookahead = this.dictLoaded[final[0]].filter(
+        (entry) =>
+          entry.length >= final.length &&
+          entry.substring(0, final.length) === final &&
+          !suggestions.includes(entry)
+      );
+      suggestions.push(...lookahead.sort());
+    }
+
+    // Limit to maxSuggestions.
+    if (suggestions.length > maxSuggestions) {
+      suggestions = suggestions.slice(0, maxSuggestions);
     }
 
+    // Prepend the start of the typed phrase, if any.
     if (suggestions.length && allButFinal) {
       suggestions = suggestions.map((w) => allButFinal + w);
     }
+
     return suggestions;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utilities/tests/dictionaryLoader.test.ts b/src/utilities/tests/dictionaryLoader.test.ts
index e66dc0357d..2ba97d462f 100644
--- a/src/utilities/tests/dictionaryLoader.test.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/tests/dictionaryLoader.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const bcp47 = Bcp47Code.Es;
 
 describe("DictionaryLoader", () => {
   describe("constructor", () => {
-    it(" ets lang and gets keys", () => {
+    it("gets lang and gets keys", () => {
       const loader = new DictionaryLoader(bcp47);
       expect(loader.lang === bcp47);
       expect(mockGetKeys).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
diff --git a/src/utilities/tests/spellChecker.test.ts b/src/utilities/tests/spellChecker.test.ts
index f83cc04403..009c291c92 100644
--- a/src/utilities/tests/spellChecker.test.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/tests/spellChecker.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import SpellChecker from "utilities/spellChecker";
 
 jest.mock("resources/dictionaries", () => ({
-  getDict: () => Promise.resolve(`1\n${mockValidWord}`),
+  getDict: () => Promise.resolve(`2\n${mockValidWordA}\n${mockValidWordBExt}`),
   getKeys: () => [],
 }));
 
-const mockValidWord = "mockWord";
+const invalidWord = "asdfghjkl";
+const mockWord = "mockWord";
+const mockValidWordA = `${mockWord}A`;
+const mockWordB = `${mockWord}B`;
+const mockWordC = `${mockWord}C`;
+const mockValidWordBExt = `${mockWordB}Extended`;
 
 describe("SpellChecker", () => {
   describe("correct", () => {
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ describe("SpellChecker", () => {
       const spellChecker = new SpellChecker("en");
       // Give the dictionary half-a-sec to load.
       setTimeout(() => {
-        expect(spellChecker.correct(mockValidWord)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(spellChecker.correct(mockValidWordA)).toEqual(true);
         done();
       }, 500);
     });
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ describe("SpellChecker", () => {
       const spellChecker = new SpellChecker("en");
       // Give the dictionary half-a-sec to load.
       setTimeout(() => {
-        expect(spellChecker.correct("abjkdsjf")).toEqual(false);
+        expect(spellChecker.correct(invalidWord)).toEqual(false);
         done();
       }, 500);
     });
@@ -73,13 +78,38 @@ describe("SpellChecker", () => {
   });
 
   describe("getSpellingSuggestions", () => {
-    it("returns suggestions", (done) => {
+    it("returns nothing for gibberish", (done) => {
       const spellChecker = new SpellChecker("en");
       // Give the dictionary half-a-sec to load.
       setTimeout(() => {
-        expect(
-          spellChecker.getSpellingSuggestions(`${mockValidWord}`)
-        ).toHaveLength(1);
+        const suggestions = spellChecker.getSpellingSuggestions(invalidWord);
+        expect(suggestions).toHaveLength(0);
+        done();
+      }, 500);
+    });
+
+    it("returns spelling correction", (done) => {
+      const spellChecker = new SpellChecker("en");
+      // Give the dictionary half-a-sec to load.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        const suggestions = spellChecker.getSpellingSuggestions(mockWordC);
+        // Returns suggestion with 1 letter different.
+        expect(suggestions).toContain(mockValidWordA);
+        // Don't return lookahead for word 1 letter different.
+        expect(suggestions).not.toContain(mockValidWordBExt);
+        done();
+      }, 500);
+    });
+
+    it("returns spelling correction and lookahead", (done) => {
+      const spellChecker = new SpellChecker("en");
+      // Give the dictionary half-a-sec to load.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        const suggestions = spellChecker.getSpellingSuggestions(mockWordB);
+        // Returns suggestion with 1 letter different.
+        expect(suggestions).toContain(mockValidWordA);
+        // Returns suggestions with many letters added.
+        expect(suggestions).toContain(mockValidWordBExt);
         done();
       }, 500);
     });