# HyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin Property

> Specifies the minimum number of joined characters at the beginning of a hyphenated word. The default value is 2.

- **Product:** TX Spell .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 4.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Proofing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TXSpell.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXSpell.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TXSpell.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXSpell.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXSpell.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Spell .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.Proofing > HyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin Property
- **335 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/mincharsatwordbegin-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/mincharsatwordbegin-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/mincharsatwordbegin-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies the minimum number of joined characters at the beginning of a hyphenated word. The default value is 2.

### Syntax

```csharp
public int MinCharsAtWordBegin { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property MinCharsAtWordBegin As Integer
```

### Examples

The following example uses `HyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin` to configure min chars at word begin as part of the hyphenation list workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
hyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin = 10;
Console.WriteLine($"Min Chars At Word Begin used by Hyphenation List: {hyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin}");
```

```vbnet
hyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin = 10
Console.WriteLine($"Min Chars At Word Begin used by Hyphenation List: {hyphenationList.MinCharsAtWordBegin}")
```

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## Nearby

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