diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue759.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue759.py
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+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text,is_num', [("one", True), ("ten", True),
+                                         ("teneleven", False)])
+def test_issue759(en_tokenizer, text, is_num):
+    """Test that numbers are recognised correctly."""
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
+    assert tokens[0].like_num == is_num