diff --git a/spacy/orth.pyx b/spacy/orth.pyx
index 17922b10c..b2273f665 100644
--- a/spacy/orth.pyx
+++ b/spacy/orth.pyx
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ cpdef bint like_number(unicode string):
 
 
 cpdef unicode word_shape(unicode string):
+    if len(string) >= 100:
+        return 'LONG'
     length = len(string)
     shape = []
     last = ""