diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
index 38e004cab..24c9a2579 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.common.Constants
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.common.splitOnWhitespace
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.define.DebugFlags
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.settings.Settings
+import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.spellcheck.AndroidSpellCheckerService
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.utils.InputTypeUtils
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.utils.RunInLocale
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.utils.ScriptUtils
+import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.utils.SubtypeLocaleUtils
 import org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin.utils.sumOf
 import java.util.Locale
 
@@ -628,6 +630,13 @@ abstract class KeyboardParser(private val params: KeyboardParams, private val co
 
     private fun String.replaceIconWithLabelIfNoDrawable(): String {
         if (params.mIconsSet.getIconDrawable(KeyboardIconsSet.getIconId(this)) != null) return this
+        if (params.mId.mWidth == AndroidSpellCheckerService.SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_WIDTH
+                && params.mId.mHeight == AndroidSpellCheckerService.SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_HEIGHT
+                && !params.mId.mSubtype.rawSubtype.extraValue.contains(Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.EMOJI_CAPABLE)
+            )
+            // fake keyboard that is used by spell checker (for key coordinates), but not shown to the user
+            // often this doesn't have any icons loaded, and there is no need to bother with this
+            return this
         val id = context.resources.getIdentifier("label_$this", "string", context.packageName)
         if (id == 0) {
             val message = "no resource for label $this in ${params.mId}"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
index 8e5cff2bd..2a4aae7b2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public final class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
 
     public static final String PREF_USE_CONTACTS_KEY = "pref_spellcheck_use_contacts";
 
-    private static final int SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_WIDTH = 480;
-    private static final int SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_HEIGHT = 301;
+    public static final int SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_WIDTH = 480;
+    public static final int SPELLCHECKER_DUMMY_KEYBOARD_HEIGHT = 301;
 
     private static final String DICTIONARY_NAME_PREFIX = "spellcheck_";
 
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ public final class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
     public boolean isValidWord(final Locale locale, final String word) {
         mSemaphore.acquireUninterruptibly();
         try {
-            DictionaryFacilitator dictionaryFacilitatorForLocale =
-                    mDictionaryFacilitatorCache.get(locale);
+            DictionaryFacilitator dictionaryFacilitatorForLocale = mDictionaryFacilitatorCache.get(locale);
             return dictionaryFacilitatorForLocale.isValidSpellingWord(word);
         } finally {
             mSemaphore.release();