diff --git a/src/lib/chat.ts b/src/lib/chat.ts
index b2c0a66..3252b6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/chat.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chat.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ export async function sendChat(
 ): Promise<string | null> {
   const text = rawText.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim().slice(0, CHAT_MAX_LEN);
   if (!text) return "empty";
-  const now = Date.now();
-  if (now - (lastSent.get(nickname) ?? 0) < MIN_INTERVAL_MS) return "too_fast";
 
+  // 인증을 도배 제한보다 먼저 — 미인증 요청이 남의 닉네임 전송 쿨다운을 소모하지 못하도록
   await ensureVillages();
   const owner = await db.query(
     "SELECT 1 FROM villages WHERE nickname = $1 AND token = $2",
@@ -59,6 +58,9 @@ export async function sendChat(
   );
   if (owner.rowCount === 0) return "auth";
 
+  const now = Date.now();
+  if (now - (lastSent.get(nickname) ?? 0) < MIN_INTERVAL_MS) return "too_fast";
+
   await ensureChatTable();
   const r = await db.query(
     "INSERT INTO chat_messages (nickname, text) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id, extract(epoch from created_at) * 1000 AS at",