From 2db818a3c695c826192d2519e48be9ac635685eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: i-just <iwona@pixelandtonic.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:07:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fixes a type-o

---
 src/Field.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Field.php b/src/Field.php
index 457a70de..da26babb 100644
--- a/src/Field.php
+++ b/src/Field.php
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ private function _inputHtml(mixed $value, ?ElementInterface $element = null, boo
         ]);
 
         if ($this->showWordCount) {
-            $html .= Html::tag('div', '&nbps;', [
+            $html .= Html::tag('div', '&nbsp;', [
                 'id' => $wordCountId,
                 'class' => ['ck-word-count', 'light', 'smalltext'],
             ]);

From 3956aa0a4e4bf3d330b828db61f19a9423776d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brandonkelly <brandon@pixelandtonic.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 09:48:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Release note

[ci skip]
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 217df646..96ae090d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes for CKEditor for Craft CMS
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fixed a bug where `&nbps;` briefly appeared below the editor on page load, if the “Show word count” setting was enabled. ([#507](https://github.com/craftcms/ckeditor/issues/507)) 
+
 ## 3.15.0 - 2025-11-19
 
 - Statically-rendered CKEditor fields are now shown in read-only mode. ([#466](https://github.com/craftcms/ckeditor/pull/466))