diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
index 44ded91..2c1b02c 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -282,14 +282,11 @@ impl Daemon {
     fn replay_and_inject(&mut self, ch: char) -> Vec<OutputCommand> {
         let mut commands = Vec::new();
 
-        // Flush characters: commit current word, type the character, clear state
+        // Flush characters: commit current word, type the character, clear state.
+        // The composed word is already correctly on screen, so we must NOT
+        // backspace and retype it — doing so eats the spacing and shifts the
+        // finished word left. Just type the flush char and clear state.
         if is_flush_char(ch) {
-            if !self.screen_output.is_empty() {
-                let backspaces = self.screen_output.chars().count();
-                commands.push(OutputCommand::Backspace(backspaces));
-                commands.push(OutputCommand::Type(self.screen_output.clone()));
-            }
-            // Type the flush character itself
             commands.push(OutputCommand::Type(ch.to_string()));
             self.keystroke_history.clear();
             self.screen_output.clear();
@@ -311,14 +308,9 @@ impl Daemon {
         );
 
         if did_flush {
-            // Engine flushed a word — commit it and clear state
-            // The flush char (space/period/etc) was NOT in history, so we need to
-            // type whatever was on screen + the flush char
-            if !self.screen_output.is_empty() {
-                let backspaces = self.screen_output.chars().count();
-                commands.push(OutputCommand::Backspace(backspaces));
-                commands.push(OutputCommand::Type(self.screen_output.clone()));
-            }
+            // Engine flushed a word — it is already correctly on screen, so
+            // just clear state without backspacing/retyping it (retyping eats
+            // spacing and shifts the finished word left).
             self.keystroke_history.clear();
             self.screen_output.clear();
             return commands;
diff --git a/engine/src/engine.rs b/engine/src/engine.rs
index 13edb27..126af0c 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine.rs
+++ b/engine/src/engine.rs
@@ -172,13 +172,11 @@ impl Engine {
             }
 
             self.reset();
-            if prev_len > 0 {
-                // Don't include flush char in insert — daemon forwards it separately
-                return Some(EngineEvent::Replace {
-                    backspaces: prev_len,
-                    insert: previous,
-                });
-            }
+            // The composed word is already correctly on screen — re-typing it
+            // here would trigger a redundant backspace + clipboard-paste cycle
+            // that races against the separately-forwarded flush char, eating
+            // spaces and merging words. Just finalize and let the flush char
+            // through untouched.
             return None;
         }
 
diff --git a/engine/src/tests.rs b/engine/src/tests.rs
index 309def1..f228c84 100644
--- a/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -455,4 +455,52 @@ mod tests {
         e.set_method(InputMethod::Vni);
         assert_eq!(get_display(&process_input(&mut e, "a1")), "á");
     }
+
+    // ================================================================
+    // Spacing / flush behavior (regression)
+    // ================================================================
+
+    // A space after a finished word must NOT re-emit the word as a Replace
+    // (backspace + retype). Re-typing the already-on-screen word races with
+    // the separately-forwarded space in the daemon, eating spaces and merging
+    // words (e.g. "mất sự" -> "mấtsự"). The flush should produce no engine
+    // event so the space simply passes through.
+    #[test]
+    fn flush_after_word_emits_no_replace() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(InputMethod::Telex);
+        // Compose "chào".
+        for ch in "chaof".chars() {
+            e.process_key(ch);
+        }
+        // Space finalizes the word — engine must return None.
+        assert_eq!(e.process_key(' '), None);
+    }
+
+    // Punctuation flush chars behave the same as space.
+    #[test]
+    fn flush_punctuation_emits_no_replace() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(InputMethod::Telex);
+        for ch in "chaof".chars() {
+            e.process_key(ch);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(e.process_key('.'), None);
+    }
+
+    // Full multi-word sentence keeps every space and never concatenates words.
+    #[test]
+    fn multi_word_keeps_spacing() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(InputMethod::Telex);
+        // "toio is" with telex: "tooi" -> "tôi"; "ddi" -> "đi"
+        let events = process_input(&mut e, "tooi ddi hocj ");
+        assert_eq!(get_display(&events), "tôi đi học ");
+    }
+
+    // A macro flush still expands (Replace) and keeps the trailing space.
+    #[test]
+    fn macro_flush_still_replaces() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(InputMethod::Telex);
+        e.add_macro("vn".into(), "Việt Nam".into());
+        let events = process_input(&mut e, "vn ");
+        assert_eq!(get_display(&events), "Việt Nam ");
+    }
 }