diff --git a/internal/checker/checker.go b/internal/checker/checker.go
index 397ad9cbef..ea547e0e12 100644
--- a/internal/checker/checker.go
+++ b/internal/checker/checker.go
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ type Checker struct {
 	activeTypeMappersCaches                     []map[string]*Type
 	ambientModulesOnce                          sync.Once
 	ambientModules                              []*ast.Symbol
+	spellingSuggestionBuffers                   *core.SpellingSuggestionBuffers
 }
 
 func NewChecker(program Program) *Checker {
@@ -1007,6 +1008,7 @@ func NewChecker(program Program) *Checker {
 	c.anyBaseTypeIndexInfo = &IndexInfo{keyType: c.stringType, valueType: c.anyType, isReadonly: false}
 	c.emptyStringType = c.getStringLiteralType("")
 	c.zeroType = c.getNumberLiteralType(0)
+	c.spellingSuggestionBuffers = &core.SpellingSuggestionBuffers{}
 	c.zeroBigIntType = c.getBigIntLiteralType(jsnum.PseudoBigInt{})
 	c.typeofType = c.getUnionType(core.Map(slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(typeofNEFacts)), c.getStringLiteralType))
 	c.flowLoopCache = make(map[FlowLoopKey]*Type)
@@ -1716,7 +1718,7 @@ func (c *Checker) getSpellingSuggestionForName(name string, symbols []*ast.Symbo
 		}
 		return ""
 	}
-	return core.GetSpellingSuggestion(name, symbols, getCandidateName)
+	return core.GetSpellingSuggestion(name, symbols, getCandidateName, c.spellingSuggestionBuffers)
 }
 
 func (c *Checker) onSuccessfullyResolvedSymbol(errorLocation *ast.Node, result *ast.Symbol, meaning ast.SymbolFlags, lastLocation *ast.Node, associatedDeclarationForContainingInitializerOrBindingName *ast.Node, withinDeferredContext bool) {
@@ -26236,7 +26238,7 @@ func (c *Checker) getSuggestionForNonexistentIndexSignature(objectType *Type, ex
 
 func (c *Checker) getSuggestedTypeForNonexistentStringLiteralType(source *Type, target *Type) *Type {
 	candidates := core.Filter(target.Types(), func(t *Type) bool { return t.flags&TypeFlagsStringLiteral != 0 })
-	return core.GetSpellingSuggestion(getStringLiteralValue(source), candidates, getStringLiteralValue)
+	return core.GetSpellingSuggestion(getStringLiteralValue(source), candidates, getStringLiteralValue, c.spellingSuggestionBuffers)
 }
 
 func getIndexNodeForAccessExpression(accessNode *ast.Node) *ast.Node {
diff --git a/internal/compiler/processingDiagnostic.go b/internal/compiler/processingDiagnostic.go
index 83bac967ab..ea8319f59d 100644
--- a/internal/compiler/processingDiagnostic.go
+++ b/internal/compiler/processingDiagnostic.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (d *processingDiagnostic) toDiagnostic(program *Program) *ast.Diagnostic {
 		case fileIncludeKindLibReferenceDirective:
 			libName := tspath.ToFileNameLowerCase(loc.ref.FileName)
 			unqualifiedLibName := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(libName, "lib."), ".d.ts")
-			suggestion := core.GetSpellingSuggestion(unqualifiedLibName, tsoptions.Libs, core.Identity)
+			suggestion := core.GetSpellingSuggestion(unqualifiedLibName, tsoptions.Libs, core.Identity, nil)
 			return loc.diagnosticAt(core.IfElse(
 				suggestion != "",
 				diagnostics.Cannot_find_lib_definition_for_0_Did_you_mean_1,
diff --git a/internal/core/core.go b/internal/core/core.go
index e5579f6e57..304e94f7d2 100644
--- a/internal/core/core.go
+++ b/internal/core/core.go
@@ -452,6 +452,10 @@ func GetScriptKindFromFileName(fileName string) ScriptKind {
 	return ScriptKindUnknown
 }
 
+type SpellingSuggestionBuffers struct {
+	previous, current []float64
+}
+
 // Given a name and a list of names that are *not* equal to the name, return a spelling suggestion if there is one that is close enough.
 // Names less than length 3 only check for case-insensitive equality.
 //
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ func GetScriptKindFromFileName(fileName string) ScriptKind {
 //	     and 1 insertion/deletion at 3 characters)
 //
 // @internal
-func GetSpellingSuggestion[T any](name string, candidates []T, getName func(T) string) T {
+func GetSpellingSuggestion[T any](name string, candidates []T, getName func(T) string, buffers *SpellingSuggestionBuffers) T {
 	maximumLengthDifference := max(2, int(float64(len(name))*0.34))
 	bestDistance := math.Floor(float64(len(name))*0.4) + 1 // If the best result is worse than this, don't bother.
 	runeName := []rune(name)
@@ -483,7 +487,7 @@ func GetSpellingSuggestion[T any](name string, candidates []T, getName func(T) s
 			if len(candidateName) < 3 && !strings.EqualFold(candidateName, name) {
 				continue
 			}
-			distance := levenshteinWithMax(runeName, []rune(candidateName), bestDistance-0.1)
+			distance := levenshteinWithMax(runeName, []rune(candidateName), bestDistance-0.1, buffers)
 			if distance < 0 {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -495,9 +499,24 @@ func GetSpellingSuggestion[T any](name string, candidates []T, getName func(T) s
 	return bestCandidate
 }
 
-func levenshteinWithMax(s1 []rune, s2 []rune, maxValue float64) float64 {
-	previous := make([]float64, len(s2)+1)
-	current := make([]float64, len(s2)+1)
+func ensureSize(slice []float64, desired int) []float64 {
+	if cap(slice) < desired {
+		return make([]float64, desired)
+	}
+	return slice[:desired]
+}
+
+func levenshteinWithMax(s1 []rune, s2 []rune, maxValue float64, buffers *SpellingSuggestionBuffers) float64 {
+	if buffers == nil {
+		buffers = &SpellingSuggestionBuffers{}
+	}
+
+	buffers.previous = ensureSize(buffers.previous, len(s2)+1)
+	previous := buffers.previous
+
+	buffers.current = ensureSize(buffers.current, len(s2)+1)
+	current := buffers.current
+
 	big := maxValue + 0.01
 	for i := range previous {
 		previous[i] = float64(i)
@@ -521,10 +540,10 @@ func levenshteinWithMax(s1 []rune, s2 []rune, maxValue float64) float64 {
 			if c1 == s2[j-1] {
 				dist = previous[j-1]
 			} else {
-				dist = math.Min(previous[j]+1, math.Min(current[j-1]+1, substitutionDistance))
+				dist = min(previous[j]+1, min(current[j-1]+1, substitutionDistance))
 			}
 			current[j] = dist
-			colMin = math.Min(colMin, dist)
+			colMin = min(colMin, dist)
 		}
 		for j := maxJ + 1; j <= len(s2); j++ {
 			current[j] = big
diff --git a/internal/parser/parser.go b/internal/parser/parser.go
index 67bb38207c..fe46426c41 100644
--- a/internal/parser/parser.go
+++ b/internal/parser/parser.go
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseErrorForMissingSemicolonAfter(node *ast.Node) {
 		return
 	}
 	// The user alternatively might have misspelled or forgotten to add a space after a common keyword.
-	suggestion := core.GetSpellingSuggestion(expressionText, viableKeywordSuggestions, func(s string) string { return s })
+	suggestion := core.GetSpellingSuggestion(expressionText, viableKeywordSuggestions, func(s string) string { return s }, nil)
 	if suggestion == "" {
 		suggestion = getSpaceSuggestion(expressionText)
 	}