diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sidebarSearch.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sidebarSearch.ts
index d336cfa99d..986af04a05 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sidebarSearch.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sidebarSearch.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ function matchesSubsequence(text: string, query: string): boolean {
 
   let j = 0;
   for (let i = 0; i < text.length && j < query.length; i++) {
+    if (isWordBoundary(text, i) && i > 0) {
+      j = 0;
+    }
     if (text[i] === query[j]) j++;
   }
   return j === query.length;
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/sidebarSearch.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/sidebarSearch.test.ts
index cd54e3d046..6a183c34c6 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/sidebarSearch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/sidebarSearch.test.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ test("keeps one-character fuzzy matches disabled", () => {
   assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("orders", "r")?.kind, "substring");
   assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("orders", "x"), null);
 });
+
+test("does not match loose subsequences that object search would exclude", () => {
+  assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("sys_role_data_scope", "roles"), null);
+  assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("sys_role_data_scope", "role")?.kind, "word-prefix");
+});
+
+test("keeps fuzzy subsequence matching inside a single identifier word", () => {
+  assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("orders", "odr")?.kind, "fuzzy");
+  assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("user_profile", "up")?.kind, "abbreviation");
+  assert.equal(matchSidebarLabel("user_profile", "urf"), null);
+});