diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/align.py b/qurator/dinglehopper/align.py
index 043db33..ab44760 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/align.py
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/align.py
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 from .edit_distance import *
 
-def align(s1, s2):
+
+def align(t1, t2):
+    """Align text."""
+    s1 = list(grapheme_clusters(unicodedata.normalize('NFC', t1)))
+    s2 = list(grapheme_clusters(unicodedata.normalize('NFC', t2)))
+    return seq_align(s1, s2)
+
+
+def seq_align(s1, s2):
+    """Align general sequences."""
     s1 = list(s1)
     s2 = list(s2)
     ops = seq_editops(s1, s2)
diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/cli.py b/qurator/dinglehopper/cli.py
index 3cdcf9a..129ce57 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/cli.py
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/cli.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from qurator.dinglehopper import *
 
 
-def gen_diff_report(gt_things, ocr_things, css_prefix, joiner, none):
+def gen_diff_report(gt_things, ocr_things, css_prefix, joiner, none, align):
     gtx = ''
     ocrx = ''
 
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ def process(gt, ocr, report_prefix):
     wer = word_error_rate(gt_text, ocr_text)
     uwer = unordered_word_error_rate(gt_text, ocr_text)
 
-    char_diff_report = gen_diff_report(gt_text, ocr_text, css_prefix='c', joiner='', none='·')
+    char_diff_report = gen_diff_report(gt_text, ocr_text, css_prefix='c', joiner='', none='·', align=align)
 
     gt_words = words(gt_text)
     ocr_words = words(ocr_text)
-    word_diff_report = gen_diff_report(gt_words, ocr_words, css_prefix='w', joiner=' ', none='⋯')
+    word_diff_report = gen_diff_report(gt_words, ocr_words, css_prefix='w', joiner=' ', none='⋯', align=seq_align)
 
     env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'templates')))
     for report_suffix in ('.html', '.json'):
diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_editops.py b/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_editops.py
index ce22377..8fafe5d 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_editops.py
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_editops.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import unicodedata
+
 from .. import seq_editops, editops
 
 
@@ -36,3 +38,11 @@ def test_editops():
     # In these cases, one of the words has a composed form, the other one does not.
     assert editops('Schlyñ', 'Schlym̃') == [('replace', 5, 5)]
     assert editops('oͤde', 'öde') == [('replace', 0, 0)]
+
+
+def test_editops_canonically_equivalent():
+    left = unicodedata.lookup('LATIN SMALL LETTER N') + unicodedata.lookup('COMBINING TILDE')
+    right = unicodedata.lookup('LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE')
+    assert left != right
+    assert unicodedata.normalize('NFC', left) == unicodedata.normalize('NFC', right)
+    assert editops(left, right) == []