diff --git a/tests/test_vec.py b/tests/test_vec.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from spacy.en import English
+
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def EN():
+    return English()
+
+def test_vec(EN):
+    hype = EN.vocab['hype']
+    assert hype.orth_ == 'hype'
+    assert 0.08 >= hype.repvec[0] > 0.07
+
+def test_capitalized(EN):
+    hype = EN.vocab['Hype']
+    assert hype.orth_ == 'Hype'
+    assert 0.08 >= hype.repvec[0] > 0.07