diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/apps/AppFilter.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/apps/AppFilter.kt
index ca387c0..521a1fe 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/apps/AppFilter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/apps/AppFilter.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.AppAction
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.Gesture
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.ShortcutAction
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.LauncherPreferences
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.util.countOccurrences
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.util.isSubsequent
 import java.util.Locale
 import kotlin.text.Regex.Companion.escape
 
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ class AppFilter(
     operator fun invoke(apps: List<AbstractDetailedAppInfo>): List<AbstractDetailedAppInfo> {
         var apps =
             apps.sortedBy { app -> app.getCustomLabel(context).lowercase(Locale.ROOT) }
-
         val hidden = LauncherPreferences.apps().hidden() ?: setOf()
         val favorites = LauncherPreferences.apps().favorites() ?: setOf()
         val private = apps.filter { it.isPrivate() }
@@ -62,25 +63,40 @@ class AppFilter(
 
         if (query.isEmpty()) {
             return apps
-        } else {
-            val r: MutableList<AbstractDetailedAppInfo> = ArrayList()
-            val appsSecondary: MutableList<AbstractDetailedAppInfo> = ArrayList()
-            val normalizedQuery: String = normalize(query)
-            for (item in apps) {
-                val itemLabel: String = normalize(item.getCustomLabel(context))
-
-                if (itemLabel.startsWith(normalizedQuery)) {
-                    r.add(item)
-                } else if (itemLabel.contains(normalizedQuery)) {
-                    appsSecondary.add(item)
-                }
-            }
-            r.addAll(appsSecondary)
-
-            return r
         }
+        val r: MutableSet<AbstractDetailedAppInfo> = hashSetOf()
+        val normalizedQuery: String = normalize(query)
+        val subsequentResult: MutableList<AbstractDetailedAppInfo> = mutableListOf()
+        val occurrences: MutableMap<AbstractDetailedAppInfo, Int> = mutableMapOf()
+        for (item in apps) {
+            val itemLabel: String = normalize(item.getCustomLabel(context))
+
+            if (itemLabel.startsWith(normalizedQuery)) {
+                r.add(item)
+            } else if (itemLabel.contains(normalizedQuery)) {
+                r.add(item)
+            }
+            if (LauncherPreferences.functionality().searchFuzzy()) {
+                if (isSubsequent(itemLabel, normalizedQuery)) {
+                    subsequentResult.add(item)
+                }
+                occurrences[item] = countOccurrences(itemLabel, normalizedQuery)
+            }
+        }
+        if (LauncherPreferences.functionality().searchFuzzy() && r.size != 1) {
+            if (subsequentResult.isNotEmpty()) {
+                r.addAll(subsequentResult)
+            } else {
+                val maxOccurrences = occurrences.values.maxOrNull()
+                if (maxOccurrences == 0) return apps
+                val result = occurrences.filter { it.value == maxOccurrences }
+                r.addAll(result.keys)
+            }
+        }
+        return r.toList().sortedBy { it.getCustomLabel(context).lowercase(Locale.ROOT) }
     }
 
+
     companion object {
         enum class AppSetVisibility(
             val predicate: (set: Set<AbstractAppInfo>, AbstractDetailedAppInfo) -> Boolean
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
index d509ef2..e73e548 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import eu.jonahbauer.android.preference.annotations.Preferences;
                         @Preference(name = "search_web", type = boolean.class, description = "false"),
                         @Preference(name = "search_auto_open_keyboard", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "true"),
                         @Preference(name = "search_auto_close_keyboard", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "false"),
+                        @Preference(name = "search_fuzzy", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "true"),
                 }),
                 @PreferenceGroup(name = "enabled_gestures", prefix = "settings_enabled_gestures_", suffix = "_key", value = {
                         @Preference(name = "double_swipe", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "true"),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/util/Algorithms.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/util/Algorithms.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e7151c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/util/Algorithms.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package de.jrpie.android.launcher.util
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if `search` is a subsequence of `text`.
+ * A subsequence means all characters in `search` appear in `text`
+ * in the same order, but not necessarily contiguously.
+ */
+fun isSubsequent(text: String, search: String): Boolean {
+    var i = 0
+    for (char in text) {
+        if (char != search[i]) continue
+        i++
+        if (i == search.length) {
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+    return false
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the amount of characters from `search` that occur inside `text`.
+ * If `text` contains the same character multiple times, it is only counted
+ * as often as it occurs in `search`.
+ */
+fun countOccurrences(text: String, search: String): Int {
+    val frequencies = mutableMapOf<Char, Int>()
+    for (char in text) {
+        frequencies[char] = frequencies.getOrElse(char) { 0 } + 1
+    }
+    var result = 0
+    for (char in search) {
+        val charFrequency = frequencies[char] ?: 0
+        if (charFrequency > 0) {
+            result++
+            frequencies[char] = charFrequency - 1
+        }
+    }
+    return result
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
index 0b4090c..82d6474 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
@@ -309,4 +309,5 @@
     <string name="list_other_list_private_space">Privater Bereich</string>
     <string name="list_other_track_play_pause">Musik: Wiedergabe / Pause</string>
     <string name="settings_list_reverse_layout">Appliste umkehren</string>
+    <string name="settings_functionality_search_fuzzy">Fuzzy-Suche verwenden</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index 9f15b22..d23e5c6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
         <string name="settings_enabled_gestures_edge_swipe_edge_width_key" translatable="false">enabled_gestures.edge_actions.edge_width</string>
         <string name="settings_functionality_search_auto_launch_key" translatable="false">functionality.search_auto_launch</string>
         <string name="settings_functionality_search_web_key" translatable="false">functionality.search_web</string>
+        <string name="settings_functionality_search_fuzzy_key" translatable="false">functionality.search_fuzzy</string>
         <string name="settings_functionality_search_auto_open_keyboard_key" translatable="false">functionality.search_auto_keyboard</string>
         <string name="settings_functionality_search_auto_close_keyboard_key" translatable="false">functionality.search_auto_close_keyboard</string>
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 6fb9d61..0cd98dd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -456,4 +456,5 @@
     <string name="content_description_navigate_next">Navigate next</string>
     <string name="content_description_lock">Lock</string>
     <string name="content_description_settings_actions_row_button_remove">Remove binding</string>
+    <string name="settings_functionality_search_fuzzy">Use fuzzy search</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 0ee7c17..c100e32 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
             android:defaultValue="false"
             android:summary="@string/settings_functionality_search_web_summary"
             />
+        <SwitchPreference
+            android:key="@string/settings_functionality_search_fuzzy_key"
+            android:title="@string/settings_functionality_search_fuzzy"
+            android:defaultValue="true"
+            />
         <SwitchPreference
             android:key="@string/settings_functionality_search_auto_open_keyboard_key"
             android:defaultValue="true"