diff --git a/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java b/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
index c9c5291..de59fdc 100644
--- a/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
+++ b/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public class WordStatLengthSuffix {
       PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(outputFileName, "UTF-8");
       
       for (WordInfo info : sortedWords) {
-        if (info.word.length != 1) {
-          writer.println(info.word.substring(info.word.length / 2) + " " + info.count);
+        if (info.word.length() != 1) {
+          writer.println(info.word.substring(info.word.length() / 2) + " " + info.count);
         }
       }