diff --git a/src/algos/fzf/v2.rs b/src/algos/fzf/v2.rs
index bf5e1bc..5cb5334 100644
--- a/src/algos/fzf/v2.rs
+++ b/src/algos/fzf/v2.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl Metric for FzfV2 {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let is_candidate_ascii = candidate.is_ascii();
+        let is_candidate_ascii = utils::is_ascii(candidate);
 
         let is_case_sensitive = match self.case_sensitivity {
             CaseSensitivity::Sensitive => true,
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn matched_indices<'idx>(
         let char_offset = if is_candidate_ascii {
             byte_offset
         } else {
-            candidate[..byte_offset].chars().count()
+            utils::char_len(&candidate[..byte_offset])
         };
 
         last_matched_idx += char_offset;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fn matched_indices<'idx>(
     let char_offset = if is_candidate_ascii {
         byte_offset
     } else {
-        candidate[..byte_offset].chars().count()
+        utils::char_len(&candidate[..byte_offset])
     };
 
     last_matched_idx += char_offset;
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ fn score_first_row(
         let char_idx = if is_candidate_ascii {
             byte_idx
         } else {
-            candidate[..byte_idx].chars().count()
+            utils::char_len(&candidate[..byte_idx])
         };
 
         // TODO: explain what this does.
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ fn score_remaining_rows(
             let char_offset = if is_candidate_ascii {
                 byte_offset
             } else {
-                candidate[..byte_offset].chars().count()
+                utils::char_len(&candidate[..byte_offset])
             };
 
             // TODO: explain what this does.
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index fe96b8d..8001bf3 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ pub fn case_sensitive_eq(lhs: char, rhs: char) -> bool {
     lhs == rhs
 }
 
+/// TODO: docs
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn char_len(s: &str) -> usize {
+    s.chars().count()
+}
+
 /// TODO: docs
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn find_first(
@@ -108,3 +114,9 @@ fn find_last_unicode(needle: char, haystack: &str) -> Option<usize> {
         .char_indices()
         .find_map(|(offset, ch)| (needle == ch).then_some(offset))
 }
+
+/// TODO: docs
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_ascii(s: &str) -> bool {
+    s.is_ascii()
+}