diff --git a/src/common/string/filter/filter.ts b/src/common/string/filter/filter.ts
index ff42c20393..a592a8e81e 100644
--- a/src/common/string/filter/filter.ts
+++ b/src/common/string/filter/filter.ts
@@ -510,13 +510,10 @@ export interface FuzzyScorer {
   ): FuzzyScore | undefined;
 }
 
-export function createMatches(score: undefined | FuzzyScore): Match[] {
-  if (typeof score === "undefined") {
-    return [];
-  }
+function _createMatches(score: FuzzyScore, wordPos: number) {
   const res: Match[] = [];
-  const wordPos = score[1];
-  for (let i = score.length - 1; i > 1; i--) {
+
+  for (let i = score.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
     const pos = score[i] + wordPos;
     const last = res[res.length - 1];
     if (last && last.end === pos) {
@@ -525,9 +522,64 @@ export function createMatches(score: undefined | FuzzyScore): Match[] {
       res.push({ start: pos, end: pos + 1 });
     }
   }
+
   return res;
 }
 
+export function createMatches(score: undefined | FuzzyScore): Match[] {
+  if (typeof score === "undefined") {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const wordPos = score[1];
+  const _score = score.splice(2);
+
+  return _createMatches(_score, wordPos);
+}
+
+// The first and second elements in score represent total score, and the offset at which
+// matching started. For this method, we only care about match positions, not the score
+// or offset.
+const findFirstOutOfRangeElement = (number, score: FuzzyScore) =>
+  score.findIndex((num) => num < number);
+
+export function createMatchesFragmented(
+  score: undefined | FuzzyScore,
+  strings: string[]
+): Match[][] {
+  if (typeof score === "undefined") {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const matches: Match[][] = [];
+  const wordPos = score[1];
+  let lengthCounter = 0;
+  const _score = score.splice(2);
+  const fragmentedScores: FuzzyScore[] = [];
+
+  for (const string of strings) {
+    const prevLengthCounter = lengthCounter;
+    lengthCounter += string.length;
+    const lastIndex = findFirstOutOfRangeElement(lengthCounter, _score);
+
+    if (lastIndex < 0) {
+      fragmentedScores.push([]);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    fragmentedScores.push(
+      _score.splice(lastIndex).map((pos) => pos - prevLengthCounter)
+    );
+  }
+
+  for (const fragmentedScore of fragmentedScores) {
+    const res = _createMatches(fragmentedScore, wordPos);
+    matches.push(res);
+  }
+
+  return matches;
+}
+
 /**
  * A fast function (therefore imprecise) to check if code points are emojis.
  * Generated using https://github.com/alexdima/unicode-utils/blob/master/generate-emoji-test.js
diff --git a/src/common/string/filter/sequence-matching.ts b/src/common/string/filter/sequence-matching.ts
index 919d3b4dba..9278bf724c 100644
--- a/src/common/string/filter/sequence-matching.ts
+++ b/src/common/string/filter/sequence-matching.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { createMatches, FuzzyScore, fuzzyScore } from "./filter";
+import {
+  createMatches,
+  createMatchesFragmented,
+  FuzzyScore,
+  fuzzyScore,
+} from "./filter";
 
 /**
  * Determine whether a sequence of letters exists in another string,
@@ -23,8 +28,11 @@ export const fuzzySequentialMatch: FuzzySequentialMatcher = (
 ) => {
   let topScore = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
   const decoratedStrings: string[][] = [];
+  const strings = item.treatArrayAsSingleString
+    ? [item.strings.join("")]
+    : item.strings;
 
-  for (const word of item.strings) {
+  for (const word of strings) {
     const scores = fuzzyScore(
       filter,
       filter.toLowerCase(),
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ export const fuzzySequentialMatch: FuzzySequentialMatcher = (
     );
 
     if (decorate) {
-      decoratedStrings.push(decorate(word, scores));
+      decoratedStrings.push(decorate(word, item, scores));
     }
 
     if (!scores) {
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ export interface ScorableTextItem {
   score?: number;
   strings: string[];
   decoratedStrings?: string[][];
+  treatArrayAsSingleString?: boolean;
 }
 
 type FuzzyFilterSort = <T extends ScorableTextItem>(
@@ -109,43 +118,49 @@ export const fuzzyFilterSort: FuzzyFilterSort = (
     );
 };
 
-type MatchDecorator = (word: string, scores?: FuzzyScore) => string[];
+type MatchDecorator = (
+  word: string,
+  item: ScorableTextItem,
+  scores?: FuzzyScore
+) => string[];
 export const createMatchDecorator: (
   left: string,
   right: string
-) => MatchDecorator = (left, right) => (word, scores) =>
-  _decorateMatch(word, [left, right], scores);
+) => MatchDecorator = (left, right) => (word, item, scores) =>
+  _decorateMatch(word, [left, right], item, scores);
 
 const _decorateMatch: (
   word: string,
   surroundWith: [string, string],
+  item: ScorableTextItem,
   scores?: FuzzyScore
-) => string[] = (word, surroundWith, scores) => {
+) => string[] = (word, surroundWith, item, scores) => {
   if (!scores) {
     return [word];
   }
 
   const decoratedText: string[] = [];
-  const matches = createMatches(scores);
+  const matches = item.treatArrayAsSingleString
+    ? createMatchesFragmented(scores, item.strings)
+    : [createMatches(scores)];
   const [left, right] = surroundWith;
-  let pos = 0;
 
-  let actualWord = "";
-  for (const match of matches) {
-    actualWord +=
-      word.substring(pos, match.start) +
-      left +
-      word.substring(match.start, match.end) +
-      right;
-    pos = match.end;
+  for (let i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
+    const match = matches[i];
+    const _word = item.treatArrayAsSingleString ? item.strings[i] : word;
+    let pos = 0;
+    let actualWord = "";
+    for (const fragmentedMatch of match) {
+      actualWord +=
+        _word.substring(pos, fragmentedMatch.start) +
+        left +
+        _word.substring(fragmentedMatch.start, fragmentedMatch.end) +
+        right;
+      pos = fragmentedMatch.end;
+    }
+    actualWord += _word.substring(pos);
+
+    decoratedText.push(actualWord);
   }
-  actualWord += word.substring(pos);
-
-  const fragments = actualWord.split("::");
-
-  for (const fragment of fragments) {
-    decoratedText.push(fragment);
-  }
-
   return decoratedText;
 };
diff --git a/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts b/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
index fe49937964..61e2ee1ea5 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
+++ b/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ export class QuickBar extends LitElement {
       return {
         ...commandItem,
         categoryKey: "reload",
-        strings: [`${commandItem.categoryText}::${commandItem.primaryText}`],
+        strings: [`${commandItem.categoryText} `, commandItem.primaryText],
+        treatArrayAsSingleString: true,
       };
     });
   }
@@ -510,7 +511,8 @@ export class QuickBar extends LitElement {
       return this._generateConfirmationCommand(
         {
           ...item,
-          strings: [`${item.categoryText}::${item.primaryText}`],
+          strings: [`${item.categoryText} `, item.primaryText],
+          treatArrayAsSingleString: true,
         },
         this.hass.localize("ui.dialogs.generic.ok")
       );
@@ -611,7 +613,8 @@ export class QuickBar extends LitElement {
 
       return {
         ...navItem,
-        strings: [`${navItem.categoryText}::${navItem.primaryText}`],
+        strings: [`${navItem.categoryText} `, navItem.primaryText],
+        treatArrayAsSingleString: true,
         categoryKey,
       };
     });