diff --git a/lib/rehype-sn.js b/lib/rehype-sn.js
index 231c0104d..99ba6ddd0 100644
--- a/lib/rehype-sn.js
+++ b/lib/rehype-sn.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SKIP, visit } from 'unist-util-visit'
-import { parseEmbedUrl, parseInternalLinks } from './url'
+import { parseEmbedUrl, parseInternalLinks, isMisleadingLink } from './url'
 import { slug } from 'github-slugger'
 import { toString } from 'mdast-util-to-string'
 
@@ -255,22 +255,6 @@ export default function rehypeSN (options = {}) {
     }
   }
 
-  function isMisleadingLink (text, href) {
-    let misleading = false
-
-    if (/^\s*(\w+\.)+\w+/.test(text)) {
-      try {
-        const hrefUrl = new URL(href)
-
-        if (new URL(hrefUrl.protocol + text).origin !== hrefUrl.origin) {
-          misleading = true
-        }
-      } catch {}
-    }
-
-    return misleading
-  }
-
   function replaceNostrId (value, id) {
     return {
       type: 'element',
diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 3bb51e3f2..bd11697f9 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ export function decodeProxyUrl (imgproxyUrl) {
   return originalUrl
 }
 
+export function isMisleadingLink (text, href) {
+  let misleading = false
+
+  try {
+    const hrefUrl = new URL(href)
+
+    try {
+      const textUrl = new URL(text)
+      if (textUrl.origin !== hrefUrl.origin) {
+        misleading = true
+      }
+    } catch {}
+
+    if (/^\s*([\w-]+\.)+\w+/.test(text)) {
+      if (new URL(hrefUrl.protocol + text).origin !== hrefUrl.origin) {
+        misleading = true
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {}
+
+  return misleading
+}
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line
 export const URL_REGEXP = /^((https?|ftp):\/\/)?(www.)?(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i
 
diff --git a/lib/url.spec.js b/lib/url.spec.js
index 8c3013644..34030ad98 100644
--- a/lib/url.spec.js
+++ b/lib/url.spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-env jest */
 
-import { parseInternalLinks } from './url.js'
+import { parseInternalLinks, isMisleadingLink } from './url.js'
 
-const cases = [
+const internalLinkCases = [
   ['https://stacker.news/items/123', '#123'],
   ['https://stacker.news/items/123/related', '#123/related'],
   // invalid links should not be parsed so user can spot error
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const cases = [
 ]
 
 describe('internal links', () => {
-  test.each(cases)(
+  test.each(internalLinkCases)(
     'parses %p as %p',
     (href, expected) => {
       process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_URL = 'https://stacker.news'
@@ -29,3 +29,30 @@ describe('internal links', () => {
     }
   )
 })
+
+const misleadingLinkCases = [
+  // if text is the same as the link, it's not misleading
+  ['https://stacker.news/items/1234', 'https://stacker.news/items/1234', false],
+  // same origin is not misleading
+  ['https://stacker.news/items/1235', 'https://stacker.news/items/1234', false],
+  ['www.google.com', 'https://www.google.com', false],
+  ['stacker.news', 'https://stacker.news', false],
+  // if text is obviously not a link, it's not misleading
+  ['innocent text', 'https://stacker.news/items/1234', false],
+  ['innocenttext', 'https://stacker.news/items/1234', false],
+  // if text might be a link to a different origin, it's misleading
+  ['innocent.text', 'https://stacker.news/items/1234', true],
+  ['https://google.com', 'https://bing.com', true],
+  ['www.google.com', 'https://bing.com', true],
+  ['s-tacker.news', 'https://snacker.news', true]
+]
+
+describe('misleading links', () => {
+  test.each(misleadingLinkCases)(
+    'identifies [%p](%p) as misleading: %p',
+    (text, href, expected) => {
+      const actual = isMisleadingLink(text, href)
+      expect(actual).toBe(expected)
+    }
+  )
+})