diff --git a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/choreographer.dart b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/choreographer.dart
index b2ff1bcaf..b8975690c 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/choreographer.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/choreographer.dart
@@ -383,12 +383,17 @@ class Choreographer {
       igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].match.choices![choiceIndex]
           .selected = true;
 
+      final isNormalizationError =
+          igc.spanDataController.isNormalizationError(matchIndex);
+
       //if it's the right choice, replace in text
-      choreoRecord.addRecord(
-        _textController.text,
-        match: igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].copyWith
-          ..status = PangeaMatchStatus.accepted,
-      );
+      if (!isNormalizationError) {
+        choreoRecord.addRecord(
+          _textController.text,
+          match: igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].copyWith
+            ..status = PangeaMatchStatus.accepted,
+        );
+      }
 
       igc.igcTextData!.acceptReplacement(
         matchIndex,
@@ -442,10 +447,16 @@ class Choreographer {
 
       igc.onIgnoreMatch(igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex]);
       igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].status = PangeaMatchStatus.ignored;
-      choreoRecord.addRecord(
-        _textController.text,
-        match: igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex],
-      );
+
+      final isNormalizationError =
+          igc.spanDataController.isNormalizationError(matchIndex);
+
+      if (!isNormalizationError) {
+        choreoRecord.addRecord(
+          _textController.text,
+          match: igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex],
+        );
+      }
 
       igc.igcTextData!.matches.removeAt(matchIndex);
     } catch (err, stack) {
diff --git a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/span_data_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/span_data_controller.dart
index 8455f2730..9102e8914 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/span_data_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/span_data_controller.dart
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import 'dart:developer';
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 
+import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
+
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/choreographer/controllers/choreographer.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/choreographer/models/span_data.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/choreographer/repo/span_data_repo.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/choreographer/utils/normalize_text.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/common/utils/error_handler.dart';
 
 class _SpanDetailsCacheItem {
@@ -36,20 +39,44 @@ class SpanDataController {
     _cacheClearTimer?.cancel();
   }
 
-  Future<void> getSpanDetails(int matchIndex) async {
+  SpanData? _getSpan(int matchIndex) {
     if (choreographer.igc.igcTextData == null ||
         choreographer.igc.igcTextData!.matches.isEmpty ||
         matchIndex < 0 ||
         matchIndex >= choreographer.igc.igcTextData!.matches.length) {
       debugger(when: kDebugMode);
-      return;
+      return null;
     }
 
     /// Retrieves the span data from the `igcTextData` matches at the specified `matchIndex`.
     /// Creates a `SpanDetailsRepoReqAndRes` object with the retrieved span data and other parameters.
     /// Generates a cache key based on the created `SpanDetailsRepoReqAndRes` object.
-    final SpanData span =
-        choreographer.igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].match;
+    return choreographer.igc.igcTextData!.matches[matchIndex].match;
+  }
+
+  bool isNormalizationError(int matchIndex) {
+    final span = _getSpan(matchIndex);
+    if (span == null) return false;
+
+    final correctChoice = span.choices
+        ?.firstWhereOrNull(
+          (c) => c.isBestCorrection,
+        )
+        ?.value;
+
+    final errorSpan = span.fullText.substring(
+      span.offset,
+      span.offset + span.length,
+    );
+
+    return correctChoice != null &&
+        normalizeString(correctChoice) == normalizeString(errorSpan);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> getSpanDetails(int matchIndex) async {
+    final SpanData? span = _getSpan(matchIndex);
+    if (span == null || isNormalizationError(matchIndex)) return;
+
     final req = SpanDetailsRepoReqAndRes(
       userL1: choreographer.l1LangCode!,
       userL2: choreographer.l2LangCode!,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/choreographer/utils/normalize_text.dart b/lib/pangea/choreographer/utils/normalize_text.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..114a23193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pangea/choreographer/utils/normalize_text.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import 'package:diacritic/diacritic.dart';
+
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/common/utils/error_handler.dart';
+
+String normalizeString(String input) {
+  try {
+    // Step 1: Remove diacritics (accents)
+    String normalized = removeDiacritics(input);
+    normalized = normalized.replaceAll(RegExp(r'[^\x00-\x7F]'), '');
+
+    // Step 2: Remove punctuation
+    normalized = normalized.replaceAll(RegExp(r'[^\w\s]'), '');
+
+    // Step 3: Convert to lowercase
+    normalized = normalized.toLowerCase();
+
+    // Step 4: Trim and normalize whitespace
+    normalized = normalized.replaceAll(RegExp(r'\s+'), ' ').trim();
+
+    return normalized.isEmpty ? input : normalized;
+  } catch (e, s) {
+    ErrorHandler.logError(
+      e: e,
+      s: s,
+      data: {'input': input},
+    );
+    return input;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 4a9463ac4..9471ada4a 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -410,6 +410,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "7.0.1"
+  diacritic:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: diacritic
+      sha256: "12981945ec38931748836cd76f2b38773118d0baef3c68404bdfde9566147876"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.6"
   dropdown_button2:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 2e64ff739..8552d53d8 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies:
   # Pangea#
   desktop_notifications: ^0.6.3
   device_info_plus: ^10.0.1
+  diacritic: ^0.1.6
   dynamic_color: ^1.7.0
   emoji_picker_flutter: ^3.1.0
   emojis: ^0.9.9