diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/censored_dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/censored_dialect.js
index 079b84ec9c4..1cb38a9115a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/censored_dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/censored_dialect.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Discourse.Dialect.addPreProcessor(function(text) {
     if (!censorRegexp) {
       var split = censored.split("|");
       if (split && split.length) {
-        censorRegexp = new RegExp("\\b" + split.map(function (t) { return "(" + t.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&') + ")"; }).join("|") + "\\b", "ig");
+        censorRegexp = new RegExp("\\b(?:" + split.map(function (t) { return "(" + t.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&') + ")"; }).join("|") + ")\\b", "ig");
       }
     }