Ctrl-K reformat problem

I frequently use Ctrl-K to reformat paragraphs of HTML. However, if I have used some accented characters like this

Société

Ctrl-K does not respect this as a single word and will break it at either of the é characters. When this is displayed in a browser it results in a space being inserted where the break has occurred. For instance

HTML Code

Gallet actually acquired or formally merged with Sociét
é d'horlogerie Electa after this date

Display

Gallet actually acquired or formally merged with Sociét é d'horlogerie Electa after this date

Is there a way around this? If not, I simply raise it as a feature that could perhaps be improved?

Kind regards - David