Preventing hyphenation for words containing numbers

Question

I have a word containing a number, "MyVeryBigWord1", that I never want hyphenated in my document. Here's a file replicates the problem:

\documentclass{article}

%\hyphenation{MyVeryBigWord1} % ERROR: Not a letter.

\usepackage[a4paper, total={1mm, 8in}]{geometry} % make tiny paper area

\begin{document}
some-otherword
MyVeryBigWord1 MyVeryBigWord1 MyVeryBigWord1
\end{document}

If I comment in the \hyphenation this toy document builds (with an error) and looks fine but the document I'm actually writing it doesn't build properly with the error. How do I prevent the error and make it so my word is never hyphenated?

Answer 1

You can make 1 a letter for hyphenation purposes, if you really need it

\documentclass{article}

\lccode`1=`1
\hyphenation{MyVeryBigWord1} % ERROR: Not a letter. (it is now)

\usepackage[a4paper, total={1mm, 8in}]{geometry} % make tiny paper area

\begin{document}
some-otherword
MyVeryBigWord1 MyVeryBigWord1 MyVeryBigWord1
\end{document}