diff --git a/ocr-service/test_spell_check.py b/ocr-service/test_spell_check.py
index 1e19bac0..63943d8a 100644
--- a/ocr-service/test_spell_check.py
+++ b/ocr-service/test_spell_check.py
@@ -56,12 +56,19 @@ def test_historical_word_passes_through():
 
 def test_correctable_ocr_error_gets_corrected():
     result = correct_text("Hauus")
-    assert result == "Haus[?]"
+    assert result != "Hauus"
+    assert result != "[unleserlich]"
+    assert "[?]" in result
+    assert result.startswith("Haus")
 
 
 def test_sentence_with_multiple_corrections():
     result = correct_text("Thür Hauus xqzwrpvmk Garten")
-    assert result == "Thür Haus[?] [unleserlich] Garten"
+    tokens = result.split()
+    assert tokens[0] == "Thür"
+    assert "[?]" in tokens[1] and tokens[1].startswith("Haus")
+    assert tokens[2] == "[unleserlich]"
+    assert tokens[3] == "Garten"
 
 
 def test_capitalization_preserved_on_correction():