diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5264cd7..e55757f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ Switch at runtime by voice: "claudedo mode listen" / "claudedo mode ptt".
 ## Command grammar
 
 Wake phrases (listen mode), fuzzy-matched. The default list is **"claudedo"**,
-**"claude do"**, **"claude due"**, **"hey claude"**, **"ok claude"**, **"okay
-claude"** — Whisper has no token for the coined word "claudedo" and renders it as
-real words ("claude do"/"claude due"), so those spellings are listed explicitly.
-Matching is lenient (case/space-insensitive). Add the spellings you actually see
-(turn on `print_heard` to find them). In PTT mode the wake phrase is optional.
+**"claude do"**, **"hey claude"**, **"ok claude"**, **"okay claude"** — Whisper has
+no token for the coined word "claudedo" and renders it as real words ("claude do"),
+so that spelling is listed explicitly. Matching is lenient (case/space-insensitive).
+Add the spellings you actually see (turn on `print_heard` to find them). In PTT mode
+the wake phrase is optional.
 
 | Say | Does |
 |---|---|
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Matching is lenient (case/space-insensitive). Add the spellings you actually see
 | `approve` / `deny` | allow / deny a permission prompt |
 | `send` / `enter` | submit (Enter) |
 | `type <phrase>` | insert literal text, **no** submit (read-before-send; say "send") |
-| `space [<n>]` | insert n spaces (default 1) |
+| `space [<n>]` (also `add [a] space`, `insert <n> spaces`) | insert n spaces (default 1) |
 | `backspace [<n>]` (alias `delete`) | delete n chars (default 1), capped at the last submit boundary |
 | `erase` (alias `clear`/`wipe`) | delete everything typed since the last submit/boundary |
 | `mode ptt` / `mode listen` | switch input mode |
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ key, Whisper model/language/device, audio segmentation thresholds, and `[behavio
 - **`print_heard`** (default `false`, debug): prints non-wake transcripts to the
   console so you can see how Whisper renders your wake word. Turn it on to debug
   detection, then off. Whisper has no token for "claudedo" — it commonly emits
-  "claude do" or "claude due", both of which are in the default wake list.
+  "claude do", which is in the default wake list.
 
 ## Requirements
 
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 456b8f2..0d5c99d 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # wake phrases for listen mode. fuzzy-matched: case/space-insensitive, lenient on
 # the coined word "claudedo" (whisper renders it inconsistently). number words are
 # normalized to digits before command matching.
-phrases = ["claudedo", "claude do", "claude due", "hey claude", "ok claude", "okay claude"]
+phrases = ["claudedo", "claude do", "hey claude", "ok claude", "okay claude"]
 
 [input]
 # "listen" (default): continuous capture; only acts on utterances that start with a
diff --git a/src/claudedo/grammar.py b/src/claudedo/grammar.py
index 7c69551..4fcce1e 100644
--- a/src/claudedo/grammar.py
+++ b/src/claudedo/grammar.py
@@ -185,8 +185,14 @@ def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | None:
 
     if _fuzzy_in(head, ("backspace", "delete"), threshold):
         return Action("backspace", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("space",), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("space", "spacebar"), threshold):
         return Action("space", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("add", "insert"), threshold) and rest:
+        tail = [t for t in rest if t not in ("a", "an")]
+        if any(_fuzzy_in(t, ("space", "spaces"), threshold) for t in tail):
+            count = next((int(t) for t in tail if t.isdigit()),
+                         next((_COUNT_WORDS[t] for t in tail if t in _COUNT_WORDS), 1))
+            return Action("space", count)
     if _fuzzy_in(head, ("erase", "clear", "wipe"), threshold):
         return Action("erase")