diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ebb40c..9f7cfdd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=58.0.4", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.basedpyright]
+ignore = ["tests"]
 pythonVersion = "3.8"
 
 reportUnusedCallResult = "none"
diff --git a/tests/fortests/below_threshold_dict.txt b/tests/fortests/below_threshold_dict.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e74b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fortests/below_threshold_dict.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+below 8
+threshold 10
+word 10
diff --git a/tests/test_symspellpy.py b/tests/test_symspellpy.py
index b7c4cd7..08cf2f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_symspellpy.py
+++ b/tests/test_symspellpy.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 FORTESTS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "fortests"
 BAD_DICT_PATH = FORTESTS_DIR / "bad_dict.txt"
+BELOW_THRESHOLD_DICT_PATH = FORTESTS_DIR / "below_threshold_dict.txt"
 BIG_MODIFIED_PATH = FORTESTS_DIR / "big_modified.txt"
 BIG_WORDS_PATH = FORTESTS_DIR / "big_words.txt"
 NON_EN_DICT_PATH = FORTESTS_DIR / "non_en_dict.txt"
@@ -196,6 +197,15 @@ def test_load_dictionary_count(self, symspell_default, dictionary_path):
         assert 82834 == symspell_default.word_count
         assert 676094 == symspell_default.entry_count
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("symspell_short", [10], indirect=True)
+    def test_load_dictionary_below_threshold(self, symspell_short):
+        symspell_short.load_dictionary(BELOW_THRESHOLD_DICT_PATH, 0, 1)
+
+        assert 1 == len(symspell_short.below_threshold_words)
+        assert 8 == symspell_short.below_threshold_words["below"]
+
+        assert 2 == symspell_short.word_count
+
     def test_load_dictionary_separator(self, symspell_default):
         assert symspell_default.load_dictionary(SEPARATOR_DICT_PATH, 0, 1, SEPARATOR)
         assert 5 == symspell_default.word_count