diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index e534df3d65..951a41f9dd 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -3123,14 +3123,24 @@ impl Editor {
             let anchor = snapshot.anchor_after(selection.end);
             if !self.linked_edit_ranges.is_empty() {
                 let start_anchor = snapshot.anchor_before(selection.start);
-                if let Some(ranges) =
-                    self.linked_editing_ranges_for(start_anchor.text_anchor..anchor.text_anchor, cx)
-                {
-                    for (buffer, edits) in ranges {
-                        linked_edits
-                            .entry(buffer.clone())
-                            .or_default()
-                            .extend(edits.into_iter().map(|range| (range, text.clone())));
+
+                let is_word_char = text.chars().next().map_or(true, |char| {
+                    let scope = snapshot.language_scope_at(start_anchor.to_offset(&snapshot));
+                    let kind = char_kind(&scope, char);
+
+                    kind == CharKind::Word
+                });
+
+                if is_word_char {
+                    if let Some(ranges) = self
+                        .linked_editing_ranges_for(start_anchor.text_anchor..anchor.text_anchor, cx)
+                    {
+                        for (buffer, edits) in ranges {
+                            linked_edits
+                                .entry(buffer.clone())
+                                .or_default()
+                                .extend(edits.into_iter().map(|range| (range, text.clone())));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }