diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 8bb9022..52819fc 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ module Searchkick
             prefix_length = (misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && misspellings[:prefix_length]) || 0
             default_max_expansions = @misspellings_below ? 20 : 3
             max_expansions = (misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && misspellings[:max_expansions]) || default_max_expansions
-            misspellings_fields = misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && misspellings.key?(:fields) && misspellings[:fields].map { |f| f.is_a?(Hash) ? f.to_a.join(".") : "#{f}.#{@match_suffix}" }
+            misspellings_fields = misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && misspellings.key?(:fields) && misspellings[:fields].map(&:to_s)
 
             if misspellings_fields
-              missing_fields = misspellings_fields - fields
+              missing_fields = misspellings_fields - fields.map { |f| base_field(f) }
               if missing_fields.any?
                 raise ArgumentError, "All fields in per-field misspellings must also be specified in fields option"
               end
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ module Searchkick
             exclude_analyzer = nil
             exclude_field = field
 
-            field_misspellings = misspellings && (!misspellings_fields || misspellings_fields.include?(field))
+            field_misspellings = misspellings && (!misspellings_fields || misspellings_fields.include?(base_field(field)))
 
             if field == "_all" || field.end_with?(".analyzed")
               shared_options[:cutoff_frequency] = 0.001 unless operator.to_s == "and" || field_misspellings == false
@@ -1007,6 +1007,10 @@ module Searchkick
       end
     end
 
+    def base_field(k)
+      k.sub(/\.(analyzed|word_start|word_middle|word_end|text_start|text_middle|text_end|exact)\z/, "")
+    end
+
     def below52?
       Searchkick.server_below?("5.2.0")
     end
diff --git a/test/misspellings_test.rb b/test/misspellings_test.rb
index 18ab357..2d59656 100644
--- a/test/misspellings_test.rb
+++ b/test/misspellings_test.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ class MisspellingsTest < Minitest::Test
 
   def test_misspellings_field_word_start
     store_names ["Sriracha"]
-    assert_search "siracha", ["Sriracha"], fields: [{name: :word_middle}], misspellings: {fields: [{name: :word_middle}]}
+    assert_search "siracha", ["Sriracha"], fields: [{name: :word_middle}], misspellings: {fields: [:name]}
   end
 end
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