diff --git a/src/components/device/ha-device-picker.ts b/src/components/device/ha-device-picker.ts
index 5fc1bfff80..fb837d15b2 100644
--- a/src/components/device/ha-device-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/device/ha-device-picker.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import { SubscribeMixin } from "../../mixins/subscribe-mixin";
 import { ValueChangedEvent, HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
 import "../ha-combo-box";
 import type { HaComboBox } from "../ha-combo-box";
+import {
+  fuzzyFilterSort,
+  ScorableTextItem,
+} from "../../common/string/filter/sequence-matching";
 
 interface Device {
   name: string;
@@ -33,6 +37,8 @@ interface Device {
   id: string;
 }
 
+type ScorableDevice = ScorableTextItem & Device;
+
 export type HaDevicePickerDeviceFilterFunc = (
   device: DeviceRegistryEntry
 ) => boolean;
@@ -119,13 +125,14 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
       deviceFilter: this["deviceFilter"],
       entityFilter: this["entityFilter"],
       excludeDevices: this["excludeDevices"]
-    ): Device[] => {
+    ): ScorableDevice[] => {
       if (!devices.length) {
         return [
           {
             id: "no_devices",
             area: "",
             name: this.hass.localize("ui.components.device-picker.no_devices"),
+            strings: [],
           },
         ];
       }
@@ -235,6 +242,7 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
           device.area_id && areaLookup[device.area_id]
             ? areaLookup[device.area_id].name
             : this.hass.localize("ui.components.device-picker.no_area"),
+        strings: [device.name || ""],
       }));
       if (!outputDevices.length) {
         return [
@@ -242,6 +250,7 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
             id: "no_devices",
             area: "",
             name: this.hass.localize("ui.components.device-picker.no_match"),
+            strings: [],
           },
         ];
       }
@@ -284,7 +293,7 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
       (this._init && changedProps.has("_opened") && this._opened)
     ) {
       this._init = true;
-      (this.comboBox as any).items = this._getDevices(
+      const devices = this._getDevices(
         this.devices!,
         this.areas!,
         this.entities!,
@@ -295,6 +304,8 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         this.entityFilter,
         this.excludeDevices
       );
+      this.comboBox.items = devices;
+      this.comboBox.filteredItems = devices;
     }
   }
 
@@ -314,6 +325,7 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         item-label-path="name"
         @opened-changed=${this._openedChanged}
         @value-changed=${this._deviceChanged}
+        @filter-changed=${this._filterChanged}
       ></ha-combo-box>
     `;
   }
@@ -322,6 +334,14 @@ export class HaDevicePicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
     return this.value || "";
   }
 
+  private _filterChanged(ev: CustomEvent): void {
+    const target = ev.target as HaComboBox;
+    const filterString = ev.detail.value.toLowerCase();
+    target.filteredItems = filterString.length
+      ? fuzzyFilterSort<ScorableDevice>(filterString, target.items || [])
+      : target.items;
+  }
+
   private _deviceChanged(ev: ValueChangedEvent<string>) {
     ev.stopPropagation();
     let newValue = ev.detail.value;
diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-picker.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-picker.ts
index c06d2cd5a9..115e0795aa 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-picker.ts
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { computeDomain } from "../../common/entity/compute_domain";
 import { computeStateName } from "../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
-import { caseInsensitiveStringCompare } from "../../common/string/compare";
+import {
+  fuzzyFilterSort,
+  ScorableTextItem,
+} from "../../common/string/filter/sequence-matching";
 import { ValueChangedEvent, HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
 import "../ha-combo-box";
 import type { HaComboBox } from "../ha-combo-box";
 import "../ha-icon-button";
 import "../ha-svg-icon";
 import "./state-badge";
+import { caseInsensitiveStringCompare } from "../../common/string/compare";
 
-interface HassEntityWithCachedName extends HassEntity {
+interface HassEntityWithCachedName extends HassEntity, ScorableTextItem {
   friendly_name: string;
 }
 
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
               ),
               icon: "mdi:magnify",
             },
+            strings: [],
           },
         ];
       }
@@ -169,10 +174,14 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
         );
 
         return entityIds
-          .map((key) => ({
-            ...hass!.states[key],
-            friendly_name: computeStateName(hass!.states[key]) || key,
-          }))
+          .map((key) => {
+            const friendly_name = computeStateName(hass!.states[key]) || key;
+            return {
+              ...hass!.states[key],
+              friendly_name,
+              strings: [key, friendly_name],
+            };
+          })
           .sort((entityA, entityB) =>
             caseInsensitiveStringCompare(
               entityA.friendly_name,
@@ -201,10 +210,14 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
       }
 
       states = entityIds
-        .map((key) => ({
-          ...hass!.states[key],
-          friendly_name: computeStateName(hass!.states[key]) || key,
-        }))
+        .map((key) => {
+          const friendly_name = computeStateName(hass!.states[key]) || key;
+          return {
+            ...hass!.states[key],
+            friendly_name,
+            strings: [key, friendly_name],
+          };
+        })
         .sort((entityA, entityB) =>
           caseInsensitiveStringCompare(
             entityA.friendly_name,
@@ -260,6 +273,7 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
               ),
               icon: "mdi:magnify",
             },
+            strings: [],
           },
         ];
       }
@@ -293,7 +307,7 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
         this.excludeEntities
       );
       if (this._initedStates) {
-        (this.comboBox as any).filteredItems = this._states;
+        this.comboBox.filteredItems = this._states;
       }
       this._initedStates = true;
     }
@@ -340,12 +354,11 @@ export class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
   }
 
   private _filterChanged(ev: CustomEvent): void {
+    const target = ev.target as HaComboBox;
     const filterString = ev.detail.value.toLowerCase();
-    (this.comboBox as any).filteredItems = this._states.filter(
-      (entityState) =>
-        entityState.entity_id.toLowerCase().includes(filterString) ||
-        computeStateName(entityState).toLowerCase().includes(filterString)
-    );
+    target.filteredItems = filterString.length
+      ? fuzzyFilterSort<HassEntityWithCachedName>(filterString, this._states)
+      : this._states;
   }
 
   private _setValue(value: string) {
diff --git a/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts b/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
index 9c06dd8015..1ea409aafe 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import { classMap } from "lit/directives/class-map";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { fireEvent } from "../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { computeDomain } from "../common/entity/compute_domain";
+import {
+  fuzzyFilterSort,
+  ScorableTextItem,
+} from "../common/string/filter/sequence-matching";
 import {
   AreaRegistryEntry,
   createAreaRegistryEntry,
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ import type { HaComboBox } from "./ha-combo-box";
 import "./ha-icon-button";
 import "./ha-svg-icon";
 
+type ScorableAreaRegistryEntry = ScorableTextItem & AreaRegistryEntry;
+
 const rowRenderer: ComboBoxLitRenderer<AreaRegistryEntry> = (
   item
 ) => html`<mwc-list-item
@@ -306,9 +312,12 @@ export class HaAreaPicker extends LitElement {
         this.entityFilter,
         this.noAdd,
         this.excludeAreas
-      );
-      (this.comboBox as any).items = areas;
-      (this.comboBox as any).filteredItems = areas;
+      ).map((area) => ({
+        ...area,
+        strings: [area.area_id, ...area.aliases, area.name],
+      }));
+      this.comboBox.items = areas;
+      this.comboBox.filteredItems = areas;
     }
   }
 
@@ -345,8 +354,9 @@ export class HaAreaPicker extends LitElement {
       return;
     }
 
-    const filteredItems = this.comboBox.items?.filter((item) =>
-      item.name.toLowerCase().includes(filter!.toLowerCase())
+    const filteredItems = fuzzyFilterSort<ScorableAreaRegistryEntry>(
+      filter,
+      this.comboBox?.items || []
     );
     if (!this.noAdd && filteredItems?.length === 0) {
       this._suggestion = filter;
@@ -409,7 +419,7 @@ export class HaAreaPicker extends LitElement {
             name,
           });
           const areas = [...Object.values(this.hass.areas), area];
-          (this.comboBox as any).filteredItems = this._getAreas(
+          this.comboBox.filteredItems = this._getAreas(
             areas,
             Object.values(this.hass.devices)!,
             Object.values(this.hass.entities)!,