diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

index 0a3a49d868..b6c0975857 100644

--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ Must be greater than 1."

   :type 'integer)

 (defcustom ispell-program-name

-  (or (executable-find "aspell")

-      (executable-find "ispell")

+  ;; Enchant is commonly installed as `enchant-2', so use this

+  ;; name and avoid old versions of `enchant'.

+  (or (executable-find "enchant-2")

       (executable-find "hunspell")

-      ;; Enchant is commonly installed as `enchant-2', so use this

-      ;; name and avoid old versions of `enchant'.

-      (executable-find "enchant-2")

+      (executable-find "aspell")

+      (executable-find "ispell")

       "ispell")

   "Program invoked by \\[ispell-word] and \\[ispell-region] commands."

   :type 'string