diff --git a/crates/typos/src/tokens.rs b/crates/typos/src/tokens.rs
index 3f5aefc..4fc2681 100644
--- a/crates/typos/src/tokens.rs
+++ b/crates/typos/src/tokens.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ impl<'t> Identifier<'t> {
 
     /// Split into individual Words.
     pub fn split(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Word<'t>> {
-        split_ident(self.token, self.offset)
+        SplitIdent::new(self.token, self.offset)
     }
 }
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ pub struct Word<'t> {
 
 impl<'t> Word<'t> {
     pub fn new(token: &'t str, offset: usize) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
-        let mut itr = split_ident(token, 0);
+        let mut itr = SplitIdent::new(token, 0);
         let mut item = itr.next().ok_or_else(|| {
             std::io::Error::new(
                 std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ impl<'t> Word<'t> {
     }
 }
 
-fn split_ident(ident: &str, offset: usize) -> impl Iterator<Item = Word<'_>> {
-    SplitIdent::new(ident, offset)
-}
-
 struct SplitIdent<'s> {
     ident: &'s str,
     offset: usize,