diff --git a/IsIdentifiable/Rules/PartPatternFilterRule.cs b/IsIdentifiable/Rules/PartPatternFilterRule.cs
index 171e5f60..c81cda1b 100644
--- a/IsIdentifiable/Rules/PartPatternFilterRule.cs
+++ b/IsIdentifiable/Rules/PartPatternFilterRule.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public bool Covers(FailurePart failurePart, string problemValue)
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(WordBefore))
         {
             var problemValueUpToOffset = problemValue[..(failurePart.Offset + failurePart.Word.Length)];
-            var wordBeforeRegex = new Regex($"\\b{WordBefore}\\s+{IfPartPattern.TrimStart('^')}", (CaseSensitive ? RegexOptions.None : RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
+            var wordBeforeRegex = new Regex($"\\b{WordBefore}(\\s|-)+{IfPartPattern.TrimStart('^')}", (CaseSensitive ? RegexOptions.None : RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
             matchesBefore = wordBeforeRegex.Matches(problemValueUpToOffset).Any();
         }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public bool Covers(FailurePart failurePart, string problemValue)
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(WordAfter))
         {
             var problemValueFromOffset = problemValue[failurePart.Offset..];
-            var wordAfterRegex = new Regex($"{IfPartPattern.TrimEnd('$')}\\s+{WordAfter}\\b", (CaseSensitive ? RegexOptions.None : RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
+            var wordAfterRegex = new Regex($"{IfPartPattern.TrimEnd('$')}(\\s|-)+{WordAfter}\\b", (CaseSensitive ? RegexOptions.None : RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
             matchesAfter = wordAfterRegex.Matches(problemValueFromOffset).Any();
         }
 
diff --git a/Tests/IsIdentifiableTests/Rules/PartPatternFilterRuleTests.cs b/Tests/IsIdentifiableTests/Rules/PartPatternFilterRuleTests.cs
index c7f93048..3b5530a5 100644
--- a/Tests/IsIdentifiableTests/Rules/PartPatternFilterRuleTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/IsIdentifiableTests/Rules/PartPatternFilterRuleTests.cs
@@ -91,4 +91,49 @@ public void HodgkinLymphoma(string valuePart)
         Assert.False(coversValidFailurePart);
         Assert.True(coversFilteredFailurePart);
     }
+
+    [TestCase]
+    public void Hyphen_WordBefore()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var rule = new PartPatternFilterRule()
+        {
+            IfPartPattern = "^Hodgkin$",
+            WordBefore = "Non",
+            IfColumn = "TextValue",
+            As = FailureClassification.Person,
+            Action = RuleAction.Ignore,
+        };
+        var problemValue = $"Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma";
+        var failurePart = new FailurePart("Hodgkin", FailureClassification.Person, 4);
+
+        // Act
+        var ruleCoversFailurePart = rule.Covers(failurePart, problemValue);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(ruleCoversFailurePart);
+    }
+
+    [TestCase]
+    public void Hyphen_WordAfter()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var rule = new PartPatternFilterRule()
+        {
+            IfPartPattern = "^Gr(a|e)y$",
+            WordAfter = "white",
+            IfColumn = "TextValue",
+            As = FailureClassification.Person,
+            Action = RuleAction.Ignore,
+        };
+        var problemValue = $"Gray-white foo";
+        var failurePart = new FailurePart("Gray", FailureClassification.Person, 0);
+
+        // Act
+        var ruleCoversFailurePart = rule.Covers(failurePart, problemValue);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(ruleCoversFailurePart);
+    }
+
 }