Hi bug-gnu-emacs, I have attached a profile in which Flyspell's flyspell-check-word-p consumes 89% of CPU time while typing text in a buffer. This seems to be due to a call to sit-for in flyspell-check-word-p. What is this sit-for there for? - flyspell-post-command-hook 6077 89% - flyspell-check-word-p 6073 89% - sit-for 6067 89% - read-event 3826 56% + redisplay_internal (C function) 128 1% + timer-event-handler 91 1% + fstar-subp-filter 3 0% - redisplay 2205 32% + redisplay_internal (C function) 100 1% + flyspell-get-not-casechars 2 0% + flyspell-check-pre-word-p 4 0% + command-execute 220 3% + ... 131 1% + timer-event-handler 116 1% + redisplay_internal (C function) 114 1% + company-post-command 102 1% + flycheck-perform-deferred-syntax-check 5 0% + eldoc-pre-command-refresh-echo-area 3 0% sml/generate-position-help 1 0% I haven't spent much time investigating this issue yet, and my current repro isn't exactly reliable, but I was hoping that someone might be able to provide insight into Flyspell's behaviour before I dive to deep :) I did verify that disabling Flyspell fixed the issue. Thanks! Clément.