diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestModel.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestModel.ts
index 15830f755379d..28feab3536279 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestModel.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ export class LineContext {
 		if (!word) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (word.endColumn !== pos.column) {
+		if (word.endColumn !== pos.column &&
+			word.startColumn + 1 !== pos.column /* after typing a single character before a word */) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		if (!isNaN(Number(word.word))) {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/test/browser/suggestModel.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/test/browser/suggestModel.test.ts
index f1c0f9c4b80c7..dfc149d409a1e 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/test/browser/suggestModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/test/browser/suggestModel.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ suite('SuggestModel - Context', function () {
 
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 3, true, 'end of word, Das|');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 4, false, 'no word Das |');
-		assertAutoTrigger(model, 1, false, 'middle of word D|as');
+		assertAutoTrigger(model, 1, true, 'typing a single character before a word: D|as');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 55, false, 'number, 1861|');
 		model.dispose();
 	});
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ suite('SuggestModel - Context', function () {
 
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 1, true, 'a|<x — should trigger at end of word');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 2, false, 'a<|x — should NOT trigger at start of word');
-		assertAutoTrigger(model, 3, false, 'a<x|x —  should NOT trigger in middle of word');
+		assertAutoTrigger(model, 3, true, 'a<x|x —  should trigger after typing a single character before a word');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 4, true, 'a<xx|> — should trigger at boundary between languages');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 5, false, 'a<xx>|a — should NOT trigger at start of word');
 		assertAutoTrigger(model, 6, true, 'a<xx>a|< — should trigger at end of word');