diff --git a/code/modules/language/_language.dm b/code/modules/language/_language.dm
index 9ff5554daa15d9..3dc13ff3004fc3 100644
--- a/code/modules/language/_language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/language/_language.dm
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@
 		if(translate_prob > 0)
 			// the probability of managing to understand a word is based on how common it is (+10%, -15%)
 			// 1000 words in the list, so words outside the list are just treated as "the 1250th most common word"
-			var/commonness = GLOB.most_common_words[LOWER_TEXT(base_word)] || 1250
-			translate_prob += max((10 * (1 - (min(commonness, 1250) / 500))), 0) // DOPPLER EDIT ADDITION - wrapped in max()
+			var/commonness = GLOB.most_common_words[LOWER_TEXT(base_word)] || 2000 // DOPPLER EDIT CHANGE - More intuitive partial language - original: var/commonness = GLOB.most_common_words[LOWER_TEXT(base_word)] || 1250 
+			translate_prob += (100 * (1 - (min(commonness, 2000) / 2000))) // DOPPLER EDIT CHANGE - More intuitive partial language - original: translate_prob += (10 * (1 - (min(commonness, 1250) / 500)))
 			if(prob(translate_prob))
 				scrambled_words += word
 				translated_index += FALSE