diff --git a/lib/spell-check-handler.coffee b/lib/spell-check-handler.coffee
index 2d64aa3c..296ec3e1 100644
--- a/lib/spell-check-handler.coffee
+++ b/lib/spell-check-handler.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SpellChecker = require 'spellchecker'
 
-wordRegex = /(?:^|[\s\[\]"'])([a-zA-Z]+([a-zA-Z']+[a-zA-Z])?)(?=[\s\.\[\]:,"']|$)/g
+wordRegex = /(?:^|[\s\[\]\{\}"'])([a-zA-Z]+([a-zA-Z']+[a-zA-Z])?)(?=[\s\.\[\]\{\}:,"']|$)/g
 
 module.exports = ({id, text}) ->
   row = 0