diff --git a/git-gui/lib/option.tcl b/git-gui/lib/option.tcl
index 3bfa2edf1ad8e5..ea80df009226d0 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/option.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/option.tcl
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ proc do_options {} {
 			${f}_config_new(gui.spellingdictionary) \
 			$all_dicts
 		pack $w.$f.$optid.l -side left -anchor w -fill x
-		pack $w.$f.$optid.v -side left -anchor w \
-			-fill x -expand 1 \
-			-padx 5
+		pack $w.$f.$optid.v -side right -anchor e -padx 5
 		pack $w.$f.$optid -side top -anchor w -fill x
 	}
 	unset all_dicts
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl b/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl
index 01c2c4f0d1a51d..7f018e4009dd17 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ method _read {} {
 		# try to round out the word.
 		#
 		while {$curr ne $orig
-		 && [string equal -length [llength $curr] $curr $orig]} {
+		 && [string equal -length [string length $curr] $curr $orig]} {
 			set n_loc  [$w_text index "$e_loc +1c"]
 			set n_curr [$w_text get $b_loc $n_loc]
 			if {$n_curr eq $curr} {