diff --git a/java/check-if-a-word-occurs-as-a-prefix-of-any-word-in-a-sentence.java b/java/check-if-a-word-occurs-as-a-prefix-of-any-word-in-a-sentence.java
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+class Solution {
+  public int isPrefixOfWord(String sentence, String searchWord) {
+    var words = sentence.split(" ");
+    for (int i = 0; i < words.length; ++i) {
+      if (words[i].startsWith(searchWord)) {
+        return 1 + i;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+  }
+}