diff --git a/src/Syllable.php b/src/Syllable.php
index 0b7faa0..2d3f7bd 100644
--- a/src/Syllable.php
+++ b/src/Syllable.php
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ private function parseWord($word)
                     $scores = $this->patterns[$subword];
                     $scores_length = $length + 1;
                     for ($offset = 0; $offset < $scores_length; ++$offset) {
-                        $score = $scores{$offset};
+                        $score = $scores[$offset];
                         if (!isset($before[($start + $offset)]) || $score > $before[$start + $offset]) {
                             $before[$start + $offset] = $score;
                         }