diff --git a/src/lib/components/recipes/Search.svelte b/src/lib/components/recipes/Search.svelte
index c0af6b8..879951d 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/recipes/Search.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/recipes/Search.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     import { browser } from '$app/environment';
     import FilterPanel from './FilterPanel.svelte';
     import { getCategories } from '$lib/js/categories';
+    import { fuzzyScore } from '$lib/js/fuzzy';
 
     // Filter props for different contexts
     let {
@@ -137,15 +138,15 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        // Normalize and split search query
+        // Normalize search query
         const searchText = query.toLowerCase().trim()
             .normalize('NFD')
             .replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "");
-        const searchTerms = searchText.split(" ").filter((/** @type {string} */ term) => term.length > 0);
 
-        // Filter recipes by text
-        const matched = filteredByNonText.filter((/** @type {any} */ recipe) => {
-            // Build searchable string from recipe data
+        // Fuzzy match and score recipes
+        /** @type {{ recipe: any, score: number }[]} */
+        const scored = [];
+        for (const recipe of filteredByNonText) {
             const searchString = [
                 recipe.name || '',
                 recipe.description || '',
@@ -154,11 +155,13 @@
                 .toLowerCase()
                 .normalize('NFD')
                 .replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "")
-                .replace(/­|­/g, ''); // Remove soft hyphens
+                .replace(/­|­/g, '');
 
-            // All search terms must match
-            return searchTerms.every((/** @type {string} */ term) => searchString.includes(term));
-        });
+            const score = fuzzyScore(searchText, searchString);
+            if (score > 0) scored.push({ recipe, score });
+        }
+        scored.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
+        const matched = scored.map(s => s.recipe);
 
         // Return matched recipe IDs and categories
         onSearchResults(
diff --git a/src/lib/data/exercises.ts b/src/lib/data/exercises.ts
index bd418c6..7014e87 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/exercises.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/exercises.ts
@@ -970,6 +970,8 @@ export function getFilterOptions(): {
 	};
 }
 
+import { fuzzyScore } from '$lib/js/fuzzy';
+
 export function searchExercises(opts: {
 	search?: string;
 	bodyPart?: string;
@@ -989,14 +991,14 @@ export function searchExercises(opts: {
 	}
 	if (opts.search) {
 		const query = opts.search.toLowerCase();
-		results = results.filter(
-			(e) =>
-				e.name.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
-				e.target.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
-				e.bodyPart.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
-				e.equipment.toLowerCase().includes(query) ||
-				e.secondaryMuscles.some((m) => m.toLowerCase().includes(query))
-		);
+		const scored: { exercise: Exercise; score: number }[] = [];
+		for (const e of results) {
+			const text = `${e.name} ${e.target} ${e.bodyPart} ${e.equipment} ${e.secondaryMuscles.join(' ')}`.toLowerCase();
+			const score = fuzzyScore(query, text);
+			if (score > 0) scored.push({ exercise: e, score });
+		}
+		scored.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
+		results = scored.map((s) => s.exercise);
 	}
 
 	return results;
diff --git a/src/lib/js/fuzzy.ts b/src/lib/js/fuzzy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e22c7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/js/fuzzy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * fzf-style fuzzy match: characters must appear in order (non-contiguous).
+ * Returns 0 for no match, higher scores for better matches.
+ */
+export function fuzzyScore(query: string, text: string): number {
+	if (query.length === 0) return 1;
+	let qi = 0;
+	let score = 0;
+	let consecutive = 0;
+	let prevMatchIdx = -2;
+
+	for (let ti = 0; ti < text.length && qi < query.length; ti++) {
+		if (text[ti] === query[qi]) {
+			qi++;
+			score += 1;
+
+			// Bonus for consecutive matches
+			if (ti === prevMatchIdx + 1) {
+				consecutive++;
+				score += consecutive * 2;
+			} else {
+				consecutive = 0;
+			}
+
+			// Bonus for matching at word boundary (start, after space/punctuation)
+			if (ti === 0 || /[\s()\-_/]/.test(text[ti - 1])) {
+				score += 5;
+			}
+
+			prevMatchIdx = ti;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// All query chars must be found
+	if (qi < query.length) return 0;
+
+	// Bonus for closer match length to query length (tighter matches)
+	const span = prevMatchIdx - (text.indexOf(query[0]) ?? 0) + 1;
+	score += Math.max(0, query.length * 2 - span);
+
+	return score;
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/[faithLang=faithLang]/[prayers=prayersLang]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/[faithLang=faithLang]/[prayers=prayersLang]/+page.svelte
index e5be559..45a9e6c 100644
--- a/src/routes/[faithLang=faithLang]/[prayers=prayersLang]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/[faithLang=faithLang]/[prayers=prayersLang]/+page.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	import Gebet from "./Gebet.svelte";
 	import LanguageToggle from "$lib/components/faith/LanguageToggle.svelte";
 	import SearchInput from "$lib/components/SearchInput.svelte";
+	import { fuzzyScore } from '$lib/js/fuzzy';
 	import Kreuzzeichen from "$lib/components/faith/prayers/Kreuzzeichen.svelte";
 	import GloriaPatri from "$lib/components/faith/prayers/GloriaPatri.svelte";
 	import Paternoster from "$lib/components/faith/prayers/Paternoster.svelte";
@@ -218,23 +219,23 @@
 			prayers.forEach(prayer => {
 				const name = getPrayerName(prayer.id);
 
-				// Check name match
-				if (normalize(name).includes(normalizedQuery)) {
+				// Check name match (fuzzy)
+				if (fuzzyScore(normalizedQuery, normalize(name)) > 0) {
 					newResults.set(prayer.id, 'primary');
 					return;
 				}
 
-				// Check search terms match
-				if (prayer.searchTerms.some(term => normalize(term).includes(normalizedQuery))) {
+				// Check search terms match (fuzzy)
+				if (prayer.searchTerms.some(term => fuzzyScore(normalizedQuery, normalize(term)) > 0)) {
 					newResults.set(prayer.id, 'primary');
 					return;
 				}
 
-				// Check DOM text content
+				// Check DOM text content (fuzzy)
 				const element = document.querySelector(`[data-prayer-id="${prayer.id}"]`);
 				if (element) {
 					const textContent = normalize(element.textContent || '');
-					if (textContent.includes(normalizedQuery)) {
+					if (fuzzyScore(normalizedQuery, textContent) > 0) {
 						newResults.set(prayer.id, 'secondary');
 					}
 				}