diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/util/language_detection.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/util/language_detection.js
index b3be07d516ff2d..ed22a2bd9ca493 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/util/language_detection.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/util/language_detection.js
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ const guessLanguage = (text) => {
 
 export const debouncedGuess = debounce((text, setGuess) => {
   setGuess(guessLanguage(text));
-}, 500, { leading: true, trailing: true });
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+}, 500, { maxWait: 1500, leading: true, trailing: true });