diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e2617a8..7559797 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {namedReferences} from './named-references';
+import {bodyRegExps, namedReferences} from './named-references';
 import {numericUnicodeMap} from './numeric-unicode-map';
 import {fromCodePoint, getCodePoint} from './surrogate-pairs';
 
@@ -63,10 +63,30 @@ const defaultDecodeOptions: DecodeOptions = {
     level: 'all'
 };
 
-const decodeRegExps: Record<DecodeScope, RegExp> = {
-    strict: /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);/g,
-    body: /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);?/g,
-    attribute: /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+)[;=]?/g
+const strict = /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);/g;
+const attribute = /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+)[;=]?/g;
+
+const baseDecodeRegExps: Record<Exclude<Level, 'all'>, Record<DecodeScope, RegExp>> = {
+    xml: {
+        strict,
+        attribute,
+        body: bodyRegExps.xml
+    },
+    html4: {
+        strict,
+        attribute,
+        body: bodyRegExps.html4
+    },
+    html5: {
+        strict,
+        attribute,
+        body: bodyRegExps.html5
+    }
+};
+
+const decodeRegExps: Record<Level, Record<DecodeScope, RegExp>> = {
+    ...baseDecodeRegExps,
+    all: baseDecodeRegExps.html5
 };
 
 const fromCharCode = String.fromCharCode;
@@ -81,7 +101,7 @@ export function decode(
     const references = allNamedReferences[level].entities;
     const isAttribute = scope === 'attribute';
 
-    return text.replace(decodeRegExps[scope], function (entity) {
+    return text.replace(decodeRegExps[level][scope], function (entity) {
         if (isAttribute && entity[entity.length - 1] === '=') {
             return entity;
         }
diff --git a/src/named-references.ts b/src/named-references.ts
index fc66567..308e3d9 100644
--- a/src/named-references.ts
+++ b/src/named-references.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ export type NamedReferences = {
         characters: Record<string, string>;
     }
 };
+export const bodyRegExps = {
+    xml: /&(?:#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);?/g,
+    html4: /&(?:nbsp|iexcl|cent|pound|curren|yen|brvbar|sect|uml|copy|ordf|laquo|not|shy|reg|macr|deg|plusmn|sup2|sup3|acute|micro|para|middot|cedil|sup1|ordm|raquo|frac14|frac12|frac34|iquest|Agrave|Aacute|Acirc|Atilde|Auml|Aring|AElig|Ccedil|Egrave|Eacute|Ecirc|Euml|Igrave|Iacute|Icirc|Iuml|ETH|Ntilde|Ograve|Oacute|Ocirc|Otilde|Ouml|times|Oslash|Ugrave|Uacute|Ucirc|Uuml|Yacute|THORN|szlig|agrave|aacute|acirc|atilde|auml|aring|aelig|ccedil|egrave|eacute|ecirc|euml|igrave|iacute|icirc|iuml|eth|ntilde|ograve|oacute|ocirc|otilde|ouml|divide|oslash|ugrave|uacute|ucirc|uuml|yacute|thorn|yuml|quot|amp|lt|gt|#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);?/g,
+    html5: /&(?:AElig|AMP|Aacute|Acirc|Agrave|Aring|Atilde|Auml|COPY|Ccedil|ETH|Eacute|Ecirc|Egrave|Euml|GT|Iacute|Icirc|Igrave|Iuml|LT|Ntilde|Oacute|Ocirc|Ograve|Oslash|Otilde|Ouml|QUOT|REG|THORN|Uacute|Ucirc|Ugrave|Uuml|Yacute|aacute|acirc|acute|aelig|agrave|amp|aring|atilde|auml|brvbar|ccedil|cedil|cent|copy|curren|deg|divide|eacute|ecirc|egrave|eth|euml|frac12|frac14|frac34|gt|iacute|icirc|iexcl|igrave|iquest|iuml|laquo|lt|macr|micro|middot|nbsp|not|ntilde|oacute|ocirc|ograve|ordf|ordm|oslash|otilde|ouml|para|plusmn|pound|quot|raquo|reg|sect|shy|sup1|sup2|sup3|szlig|thorn|times|uacute|ucirc|ugrave|uml|uuml|yacute|yen|yuml|#\d+|#x[\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+);?/g
+};
 export const namedReferences: NamedReferences = {
     "xml": {
         "entities": {
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 5562771..06aa902 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ describe('decode()', () => {
     it('should decode numeric entities without semicolon', () => {
         expect(decode('&#34C&#34')).to.equal('"C"');
     });
+    it('should decode incomplete named entities followed by alphanumeric characters', () => {
+        expect(decode('&uumlber')).to.equal('über');
+    });
     describe('level', () => {
         it('should decode according to the level', () => {
             expect(decode('a\n&lt;&gt;&quot;&apos;&amp;&copy;&#8710;&rx;&#128514;&#0;&#1;', {level: 'all'})).to.equal(
diff --git a/tools/process-named-references.ts b/tools/process-named-references.ts
index 91fc442..323ebdc 100644
--- a/tools/process-named-references.ts
+++ b/tools/process-named-references.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,25 @@ interface LevelData {
 
 const result: {[key in Level]?: LevelData} = {};
 
+const regExpStart = '/&(?:';
+const regExpCommon = '#\\d+|#x[\\da-fA-F]+|[0-9a-zA-Z]+)';
+const regExpEndBody = ';?/g';
+
+const bodyRegExps: [string, string][] = [];
+
 for (const [level, entityInfos] of getObjectEntries(namedReferences)) {
+    const bodyRegExpNamedReferences: string[] = [];
     const levelData: LevelData = {entities: {}, characters: {}};
     for (const [entity, {characters}] of getObjectEntries(entityInfos)) {
         levelData.entities[entity] = characters;
         levelData.characters[characters] = entity;
+        if (!entity.endsWith(';')) {
+            bodyRegExpNamedReferences.push(entity.slice(1));
+        }
     }
     result[level] = levelData;
+    bodyRegExpNamedReferences.push(regExpCommon);
+    bodyRegExps.push([level, regExpStart + bodyRegExpNamedReferences.join('|') + regExpEndBody]);
 }
 
 const processedNamedReferences = `// This file is autogenerated by tools/process-named-references.ts
@@ -31,6 +43,9 @@ export type NamedReferences = {
         characters: Record<string, string>;
     }
 };
+export const bodyRegExps = {
+    ${bodyRegExps.map(([level, regExpStart]) => `${level}: ${regExpStart}`).join(',\n    ')}
+};
 export const namedReferences: NamedReferences = ${JSON.stringify(result, null, 4)};\n`;
 
 fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'named-references.ts'), processedNamedReferences);