--- dictionary.h.orig	2025-11-23 21:53:24.284418000 +0000
+++ dictionary.h	2025-11-23 21:53:49.343390000 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 static_assert(pair == 2, "");
 
-enum bucket {bucket = pair};
+enum bucket {distance = pair, bucket};
 
 #define compiled(ARRAY) ( \
     assert((ARRAY).type == arraytype), \
--- dictionary.c.orig	2025-11-23 21:53:06.913261000 +0000
+++ dictionary.c	2025-11-23 21:53:44.184170000 +0000
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     assert(table);
     table[entry][key] = new[key];
     table[entry][value] = new[value];
+    table[entry][distance] = new[distance];
     return dictionary;
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +82,18 @@
             dictionary.dict = writevm(dictionary.dict);
             (void)enter(thing, entry, dictionary).dict->length++;
             return;
-        } 
+        } else if (thing[distance].integer > table[entry][distance].integer) {
+            const object displaced[bucket] = {
+                [key] = table[entry][key],
+                [value] = table[entry][value],
+                [distance] = table[entry][distance]
+            };
+            dictionary = enter(thing, entry, dictionary);
+            thing[key] = displaced[key];
+            thing[value] = displaced[value];
+            thing[distance] = displaced[distance];
+        }
+        thing[distance].integer++;
     } while ((++entry, entry &= mask) != start); 
     throw (dictfull);
 }