diff --git a/backend/services/vocabService.js b/backend/services/vocabService.js
index 7feda36..e797ba6 100644
--- a/backend/services/vocabService.js
+++ b/backend/services/vocabService.js
@@ -342,12 +342,14 @@ export default class VocabService {
   }
 
   _normalizeTextAnswer(text) {
-    return String(text || '')
+    const normalized = String(text || '')
       .trim()
       .toLowerCase()
-      .replace(/[\p{P}]+/gu, ' ')
+      .normalize('NFKC')
+      .replace(/[\p{P}\p{S}]+/gu, ' ')
       .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
       .trim();
+    return normalized.replace(/\s+/g, '');
   }
 
   _parseExercisePayload(value) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
index 0ed4885..8073ec0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
@@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ export default {
       }
     },
     normalize(s) {
-      return String(s || '')
+      const normalized = String(s || '')
         .trim()
         .toLowerCase()
-        .replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+        .normalize('NFKC')
+        .replace(/[\p{P}\p{S}]+/gu, ' ')
+        .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+        .trim();
+      return normalized.replace(/\s+/g, '');
     },
     resetQuestion() {
       this.current = null;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
index af31fa6..74bf20b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
@@ -2701,12 +2701,14 @@ export default {
       }
     },
     normalizeComparableText(value) {
-      return String(value || '')
+      const normalized = String(value || '')
         .trim()
         .toLowerCase()
-        .replace(/[\p{P}]+/gu, ' ')
+        .normalize('NFKC')
+        .replace(/[\p{P}\p{S}]+/gu, ' ')
         .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
         .trim();
+      return normalized.replace(/\s+/g, '');
     },
     normalizeVocab(s) {
       return this.normalizeComparableText(s);