In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2005-12-15 on icaro configured using `configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-x --with-xpm --with-jpeg --with-tiff --with-gif --with-png --with-x-toolkit=athena --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: es_ES@euro value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: es_ES@euro locale-coding-system: iso-latin-9 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: I'm not sure if this is an emacs bug or a badly configured ispell. My ispell configuration is: (setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell") ;;(setq-default ispell-program-name "ispell") (setq ispell-dictionary "castellano") (setq ispell-complete-word-dict "/usr/share/dict/spanish") Ispell/Aspell checks spelling in words with accentuated chars correctly. My problem is related to ispell-complete-word and flyspell. Flyspell/Aspell doesn't recognizes accentuated chars. If I have the word "drástico" and call ispell-complete-word , then It uses "stico" as "search string". That occurs without mattering where the accentuated vowel is inside the word. Well, Is the first time a send a "bug". I hope this mail provides enough information. Best regards.