diff --git a/nw/common.py b/nw/common.py
index 2fef7874..17a8a337 100644
--- a/nw/common.py
+++ b/nw/common.py
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ def transferCase(theSource, theTarget):
     if len(theTarget) < 1 or len(theSource) < 1:
         return theResult
 
-    if theSource[0] == theSource[0].upper():
-        theResult = theTarget[0].upper() + theTarget[1:]
+    if theSource.istitle():
+        theResult = theTarget.title()
 
-    if theSource == theSource.upper():
+    if theSource.isupper():
         theResult = theTarget.upper()
-    elif theSource == theSource.lower():
+    elif theSource.islower():
         theResult = theTarget.lower()
 
     return theResult
diff --git a/nw/core/spellcheck.py b/nw/core/spellcheck.py
index d2c19784..ff338f62 100644
--- a/nw/core/spellcheck.py
+++ b/nw/core/spellcheck.py
@@ -291,15 +291,12 @@ class NWSpellSimple(NWSpellCheck):
         if len(theWord) == 0:
             return []
 
-        firstUp = theWord[0] == theWord[0].upper()
-        theWord = theWord.lower()
-
-        theMatches = get_close_matches(theWord, self.WORDS, n=10, cutoff=0.75)
+        theMatches = get_close_matches(theWord.lower(), self.WORDS, n=10, cutoff=0.75)
         theOptions = []
         for aWord in theMatches:
             if len(aWord) == 0:
                 continue
-            if firstUp:
+            if theWord[0].isupper():
                 aWord = aWord[0].upper() + aWord[1:]
             aWord = aWord.replace("'", self.mainConf.fmtApostrophe)
             theOptions.append(aWord)
diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index 16683d1f..f805e5ae 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         aLang, aName = self.theDict.describeDict()
         self.theParent.statusBar.setLanguage(
-            aLang, "%s/%s" % (self.mainConf.spellTool, aName)
+            aLang, "%s [%s]" % (self.mainConf.spellTool.title(), aName.title())
         )
 
         if not self.bigDoc: