diff --git a/cspell.schema.json b/cspell.schema.json
index d04d50eb397..40c8d925300 100644
--- a/cspell.schema.json
+++ b/cspell.schema.json
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@
           },
           "type": "array"
         },
+        "suggestionNumChanges": {
+          "default": 3,
+          "description": "The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.\n\nFor example, appending an `s` onto `example` -> `examples` is considered 1 change.\n\nRange: between 1 and 5.",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "suggestionsTimeout": {
+          "default": 500,
+          "description": "The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
         "usePnP": {
           "default": false,
           "description": "Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a `.pnp.cjs` file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.\n\nWhen true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.",
@@ -866,6 +876,16 @@
       "description": "Delay in ms after a document has changed before checking it for spelling errors.",
       "type": "number"
     },
+    "suggestionNumChanges": {
+      "default": 3,
+      "description": "The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.\n\nFor example, appending an `s` onto `example` -> `examples` is considered 1 change.\n\nRange: between 1 and 5.",
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "suggestionsTimeout": {
+      "default": 500,
+      "description": "The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.",
+      "type": "number"
+    },
     "usePnP": {
       "default": false,
       "description": "Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a `.pnp.cjs` file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.\n\nWhen true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.",
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/Settings/DefaultSettings.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/Settings/DefaultSettings.ts
index c639b21ad3d..af83a7fee7b 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/Settings/DefaultSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/Settings/DefaultSettings.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ export const _defaultSettings: Readonly<CSpellSettingsWithSourceTrace> = {
     ],
     maxNumberOfProblems: 100,
     numSuggestions: 10,
+    suggestionsTimeout: 500,
+    suggestionNumChanges: 3,
     words: [],
     userWords: [],
     ignorePaths: [],
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionary.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionary.ts
index adf2002670f..318a05054cc 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionary.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionary.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,33 @@ export interface SearchOptions {
 }
 
 export interface SuggestOptions {
+    /**
+     * Compounding Mode.
+     * `NONE` is the best option.
+     */
     compoundMethod?: CompoundWordsMethod;
+    /**
+     * The limit on the number of suggestions to generate. If `allowTies` is true, it is possible
+     * for more suggestions to be generated.
+     */
     numSuggestions?: number;
+    /**
+     * Max number of changes / edits to the word to get to a suggestion matching suggestion.
+     */
     numChanges?: number;
+    /**
+     * Allow for case-ingestive checking.
+     */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * If multiple suggestions have the same edit / change "cost", then included them even if
+     * it causes more than `numSuggestions` to be returned.
+     */
+    includeTies?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Maximum amount of time to allow for generating suggestions.
+     */
+    timeout?: number;
 }
 
 export type FindOptions = SearchOptions;
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryCollection.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryCollection.ts
index 600805586d9..3e9af34a8af 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryCollection.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryCollection.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export class SpellingDictionaryCollection implements SpellingDictionary {
             numSuggestions = getDefaultSettings().numSuggestions || defaultNumSuggestions,
             numChanges,
             compoundMethod,
-            ignoreCase = true,
+            ignoreCase,
+            includeTies,
+            timeout,
         } = suggestOptions;
         _suggestOptions.compoundMethod = this.options.useCompounds ? CompoundWordsMethod.JOIN_WORDS : compoundMethod;
         const prefixNoCase = CASE_INSENSITIVE_PREFIX;
@@ -100,8 +102,9 @@ export class SpellingDictionaryCollection implements SpellingDictionary {
             numSuggestions,
             filter,
             changeLimit: numChanges,
-            includeTies: true,
+            includeTies,
             ignoreCase,
+            timeout,
         });
         this.genSuggestions(collector, suggestOptions);
         return collector.suggestions.map((r) => ({ ...r, word: r.word }));
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryFromTrie.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryFromTrie.ts
index 146d9906dac..dc22aa4aa51 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryFromTrie.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryFromTrie.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ export class SpellingDictionaryFromTrie implements SpellingDictionary {
         const {
             numSuggestions = getDefaultSettings().numSuggestions || defaultNumSuggestions,
             numChanges,
-            ignoreCase = true,
+            includeTies,
+            ignoreCase,
+            timeout,
         } = suggestOptions;
         function filter(_word: string): boolean {
             return true;
@@ -161,8 +163,9 @@ export class SpellingDictionaryFromTrie implements SpellingDictionary {
             numSuggestions,
             filter,
             changeLimit: numChanges,
-            includeTies: true,
+            includeTies,
             ignoreCase,
+            timeout,
         });
         this.genSuggestions(collector, suggestOptions);
         return collector.suggestions.map((r) => ({ ...r, word: r.word }));
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryMethods.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryMethods.ts
index f770c7166cb..801dc9fa493 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryMethods.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/SpellingDictionary/SpellingDictionaryMethods.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ export function suggestArgsToSuggestOptions(args: SuggestArgs): SuggestOptions {
                   compoundMethod,
                   numChanges,
                   ignoreCase,
+                  includeTies: undefined,
+                  timeout: undefined,
               };
     return suggestOptions;
 }
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/validator.ts b/packages/cspell-lib/src/validator.ts
index 28c39f5249a..214da98b8ac 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/validator.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,16 @@ export async function validateText(
         return issues;
     }
     const withSugs = issues.map((t) => {
-        const suggestions = dict.suggest(t.text, options.numSuggestions, CompoundWordsMethod.NONE).map((r) => r.word);
+        const suggestions = dict
+            .suggest(t.text, {
+                numSuggestions: options.numSuggestions,
+                compoundMethod: CompoundWordsMethod.NONE,
+                includeTies: true,
+                ignoreCase: !(settings.caseSensitive ?? false),
+                timeout: settings.suggestionsTimeout,
+                numChanges: settings.suggestionNumChanges,
+            })
+            .map((r) => r.word);
         return { ...t, suggestions };
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en-a-star.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en-a-star.test.ts
index 17581d7c819..3fdf70a5d7c 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en-a-star.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en-a-star.test.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ function opts(
         changeLimit,
         includeTies,
         ignoreCase,
+        timeout,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en.test.ts
index b40eb81f749..f486b4d62b7 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest-en.test.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ function opts(
         changeLimit,
         includeTies,
         ignoreCase,
+        timeout,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.test.ts
index ff61568f482..d066128092e 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const defaultOptions: SuggestionCollectorOptions = {
     numSuggestions: 10,
     ignoreCase: undefined,
     changeLimit: undefined,
+    timeout: undefined,
 };
 
 describe('Validate Suggest', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.ts
index b500f9921bc..5e9d5eaa19b 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggest.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export function suggest(
         changeLimit: opts.maxNumChanges,
         includeTies: opts.allowTies,
         ignoreCase: opts.ignoreCase,
+        timeout: opts.timeout,
     });
     collector.collect(genSuggestions(root, word, opts));
     return collector.suggestions;
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.test.ts
index 2ed00dc0a49..7d467b36836 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const defaultOptions: SuggestionCollectorOptions = {
     ignoreCase: undefined,
     changeLimit: undefined,
     includeTies: true,
+    timeout: undefined,
 };
 
 const stopHere = true;
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.ts
index c9a2288b12a..0b11dd438a4 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestAStar.ts
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ export function suggest(root: TrieRoot | TrieRoot[], word: string, options: Sugg
         changeLimit: opts.maxNumChanges,
         includeTies: true,
         ignoreCase: opts.ignoreCase,
+        timeout: opts.timeout,
     });
     collector.collect(genSuggestions(root, word, opts));
     return collector.suggestions;
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.test.ts
index 284b69233d7..466b765a596 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const defaultOptions: SuggestionCollectorOptions = {
     numSuggestions: 10,
     ignoreCase: undefined,
     changeLimit: undefined,
+    timeout: undefined,
 };
 
 describe('Validate suggestCollector', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.ts
index 048c22836ed..44efb6d895c 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/suggestCollector.ts
@@ -87,29 +87,40 @@ export interface SuggestionCollector {
 export interface SuggestionCollectorOptions {
     /**
      * number of best matching suggestions.
+     * @default 10
      */
     numSuggestions: number;
 
     /**
      * An optional filter function that can be used to limit remove unwanted suggestions.
      * I.E. to remove forbidden terms.
+     * @default () => true
      */
     filter?: (word: string, cost: number) => boolean;
 
     /**
      * The number of letters that can be changed when looking for a match
+     * @default 5
      */
     changeLimit: number | undefined;
 
     /**
      * Include suggestions with tied cost even if the number is greater than `numSuggestions`.
+     * @default true
      */
     includeTies?: boolean;
 
     /**
      * specify if case / accents should be ignored when looking for suggestions.
+     * @default true
      */
     ignoreCase: boolean | undefined;
+
+    /**
+     * the total amount of time to allow for suggestions.
+     * @default 1000
+     */
+    timeout?: number | undefined;
 }
 
 export const defaultSuggestionCollectorOptions: SuggestionCollectorOptions = {
@@ -118,14 +129,23 @@ export const defaultSuggestionCollectorOptions: SuggestionCollectorOptions = {
     changeLimit: maxNumChanges,
     includeTies: true,
     ignoreCase: true,
+    timeout: defaultCollectorTimeout,
 };
 
 export function suggestionCollector(wordToMatch: string, options: SuggestionCollectorOptions): SuggestionCollector {
-    const { filter = () => true, changeLimit = maxNumChanges, includeTies = false, ignoreCase = true } = options;
+    const {
+        filter = () => true,
+        changeLimit = maxNumChanges,
+        includeTies = false,
+        ignoreCase = true,
+        timeout = defaultCollectorTimeout,
+    } = options;
     const numSuggestions = Math.max(options.numSuggestions, 0) || 0;
     const sugs = new Map<string, SuggestionResult>();
     let maxCost: number = baseCost * Math.min(wordToMatch.length * maxAllowedCostScale, changeLimit);
 
+    let timeRemaining = timeout;
+
     function dropMax() {
         if (sugs.size < 2) {
             sugs.clear();
@@ -175,8 +195,12 @@ export function suggestionCollector(wordToMatch: string, options: SuggestionColl
      * @param src - the SuggestionIterator used to generate suggestions.
      * @param timeout - the amount of time in milliseconds to allow for suggestions.
      */
-    function collect(src: SuggestionGenerator, timeout = defaultCollectorTimeout) {
+    function collect(src: SuggestionGenerator, timeout?: number) {
         let stop: false | symbol = false;
+        timeout = timeout ?? timeRemaining;
+        timeout = Math.min(timeout, timeRemaining);
+        if (timeout < 0) return;
+
         const timer = createTimer();
 
         let ir: IteratorResult<SuggestionResult | Progress | undefined>;
@@ -192,6 +216,8 @@ export function suggestionCollector(wordToMatch: string, options: SuggestionColl
             }
             handleProgress(value);
         }
+
+        timeRemaining -= timer.elapsed();
     }
 
     function suggestions() {
diff --git a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/trie.test.ts b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/trie.test.ts
index a530d079b62..f624d47302f 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/trie.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-trie-lib/src/lib/trie.test.ts
@@ -359,5 +359,6 @@ function opts(
         changeLimit,
         includeTies,
         ignoreCase,
+        timeout: undefined,
     };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json b/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
index d04d50eb397..40c8d925300 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
+++ b/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@
           },
           "type": "array"
         },
+        "suggestionNumChanges": {
+          "default": 3,
+          "description": "The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.\n\nFor example, appending an `s` onto `example` -> `examples` is considered 1 change.\n\nRange: between 1 and 5.",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "suggestionsTimeout": {
+          "default": 500,
+          "description": "The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
         "usePnP": {
           "default": false,
           "description": "Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a `.pnp.cjs` file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.\n\nWhen true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.",
@@ -866,6 +876,16 @@
       "description": "Delay in ms after a document has changed before checking it for spelling errors.",
       "type": "number"
     },
+    "suggestionNumChanges": {
+      "default": 3,
+      "description": "The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.\n\nFor example, appending an `s` onto `example` -> `examples` is considered 1 change.\n\nRange: between 1 and 5.",
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "suggestionsTimeout": {
+      "default": 500,
+      "description": "The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.",
+      "type": "number"
+    },
     "usePnP": {
       "default": false,
       "description": "Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a `.pnp.cjs` file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.\n\nWhen true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.",
diff --git a/packages/cspell-types/src/settings/CSpellSettingsDef.ts b/packages/cspell-types/src/settings/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
index 86ec31daf31..8f63d38d1b8 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-types/src/settings/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-types/src/settings/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export interface ExtendableSettings extends Settings {
     overrides?: OverrideSettings[];
 }
 
-export interface Settings extends BaseSetting, PnPSettings {
+export interface Settings extends ReportingConfiguration, BaseSetting, PnPSettings {
     /**
      * Current active spelling language.
      *
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ export interface Settings extends BaseSetting, PnPSettings {
      */
     enableFiletypes?: LanguageIdSingle[];
 
+    /** Additional settings for individual languages. */
+    languageSettings?: LanguageSetting[];
+
+    /** Forces the spell checker to assume a give language id. Used mainly as an Override. */
+    languageId?: LanguageId;
+}
+
+export interface ReportingConfiguration extends SuggestionsConfiguration {
     /**
      * The maximum number of problems to report in a file.
      * @default 100
@@ -135,18 +143,30 @@ export interface Settings extends BaseSetting, PnPSettings {
      * @default 4
      */
     minWordLength?: number;
+}
 
+export interface SuggestionsConfiguration {
     /**
      * Number of suggestions to make
      * @default 10
      */
     numSuggestions?: number;
 
-    /** Additional settings for individual languages. */
-    languageSettings?: LanguageSetting[];
+    /**
+     * The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.
+     * @default 500
+     */
+    suggestionsTimeout?: number;
 
-    /** Forces the spell checker to assume a give language id. Used mainly as an Override. */
-    languageId?: LanguageId;
+    /**
+     * The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.
+     *
+     * For example, appending an `s` onto `example` -> `examples` is considered 1 change.
+     *
+     * Range: between 1 and 5.
+     * @default 3
+     */
+    suggestionNumChanges?: number;
 }
 
 /**