diff --git a/milli/src/heed_codec/str_beu32_codec.rs b/milli/src/heed_codec/str_beu32_codec.rs
index 17f3c996f..cce849e37 100644
--- a/milli/src/heed_codec/str_beu32_codec.rs
+++ b/milli/src/heed_codec/str_beu32_codec.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ impl<'a> heed::BytesDecode<'a> for StrBEU16Codec {
     fn bytes_decode(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Option<Self::DItem> {
         let footer_len = size_of::<u16>();
 
-        if bytes.len() < footer_len {
+        if bytes.len() < footer_len + 1 {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let (word, bytes) = bytes.split_at(bytes.len() - footer_len);
+        let (word_plus_nul_byte, bytes) = bytes.split_at(bytes.len() - footer_len);
+        let (_, word) = word_plus_nul_byte.split_last()?;
         let word = str::from_utf8(word).ok()?;
         let pos = bytes.try_into().map(u16::from_be_bytes).ok()?;
 
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ impl<'a> heed::BytesEncode<'a> for StrBEU16Codec {
     fn bytes_encode((word, pos): &Self::EItem) -> Option<Cow<[u8]>> {
         let pos = pos.to_be_bytes();
 
-        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(word.len() + pos.len());
+        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(word.len() + 1 + pos.len());
         bytes.extend_from_slice(word.as_bytes());
+        bytes.push(0);
         bytes.extend_from_slice(&pos[..]);
 
         Some(Cow::Owned(bytes))
diff --git a/milli/src/index.rs b/milli/src/index.rs
index a36868ef2..bfc75d296 100644
--- a/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ pub struct Index {
 
     /// Maps the field id and the word count with the docids that corresponds to it.
     pub field_id_word_count_docids: Database<FieldIdWordCountCodec, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-    /// Maps the position of a word prefix with all the docids where this prefix appears.
+    /// Maps the word prefix and a position with all the docids where the prefix appears at the position.
     pub word_prefix_position_docids: Database<StrBEU16Codec, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-    /// Maps the word and the field id with the docids that corresponds to it.
+    /// Maps the word prefix and a field id with all the docids where the prefix appears inside the field
     pub word_prefix_fid_docids: Database<StrBEU16Codec, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
 
     /// Maps the script and language with all the docids that corresponds to it.
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs b/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs
index cf851a313..90c604d72 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs
@@ -261,22 +261,6 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
         .transpose()
     }
 
-    pub fn get_db_word_position_docids(
-        &mut self,
-        word: Interned<String>,
-        position: u16,
-    ) -> Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
-        DatabaseCache::get_value(
-            self.txn,
-            (word, position),
-            &(self.word_interner.get(word).as_str(), position),
-            &mut self.db_cache.word_position_docids,
-            self.index.word_position_docids.remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>(),
-        )?
-        .map(|bytes| CboRoaringBitmapCodec::bytes_decode(bytes).ok_or(heed::Error::Decoding.into()))
-        .transpose()
-    }
-
     pub fn get_db_word_fid_docids(
         &mut self,
         word: Interned<String>,
@@ -361,6 +345,22 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
         Ok(fids)
     }
 
+    pub fn get_db_word_position_docids(
+        &mut self,
+        word: Interned<String>,
+        position: u16,
+    ) -> Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
+        DatabaseCache::get_value(
+            self.txn,
+            (word, position),
+            &(self.word_interner.get(word).as_str(), position),
+            &mut self.db_cache.word_position_docids,
+            self.index.word_position_docids.remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>(),
+        )?
+        .map(|bytes| CboRoaringBitmapCodec::bytes_decode(bytes).ok_or(heed::Error::Decoding.into()))
+        .transpose()
+    }
+
     pub fn get_db_word_prefix_position_docids(
         &mut self,
         word_prefix: Interned<String>,
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/tests/attribute_position.rs b/milli/src/search/new/tests/attribute_position.rs
index 0eafedb97..e4ed8b5ff 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/tests/attribute_position.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/tests/attribute_position.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{index::tests::TempIndex, Criterion, Search, SearchResult, TermsMatchingStrategy};
+use crate::{
+    db_snap, index::tests::TempIndex, Criterion, Search, SearchResult, TermsMatchingStrategy,
+};
 
 fn create_index() -> TempIndex {
     let index = TempIndex::new();
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ fn create_index() -> TempIndex {
     index
         .update_settings(|s| {
             s.set_primary_key("id".to_owned());
-            s.set_searchable_fields(vec!["text".to_owned()]);
+            s.set_searchable_fields(vec!["text".to_owned(), "other".to_owned()]);
             s.set_criteria(vec![Criterion::Attribute]);
         })
         .unwrap();
@@ -33,20 +35,84 @@ fn create_index() -> TempIndex {
                 "id": 4,
                 "text": "the quick brown fox",
             },
+            {
+                "id": 5,
+                "text": "a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                the quick brown fox",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 6,
+                "text": "quick a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                brown",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 7,
+                "text": "a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
+                a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a  
+                quick brown",
+            },
         ]))
         .unwrap();
     index
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_attribute_fid_simple() {
+fn test_attribute_position_simple() {
+    let index = create_index();
+
+    db_snap!(index, word_position_docids, @"fe86911166fa4c0903c512fd86ec65e4");
+
+    let txn = index.read_txn().unwrap();
+
+    let mut s = Search::new(&txn, &index);
+    s.terms_matching_strategy(TermsMatchingStrategy::All);
+    s.query("quick brown");
+    let SearchResult { documents_ids, .. } = s.execute().unwrap();
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(format!("{documents_ids:?}"), @"[3, 4, 2, 1, 0, 6, 7, 5]");
+}
+#[test]
+fn test_attribute_position_repeated() {
     let index = create_index();
 
     let txn = index.read_txn().unwrap();
 
     let mut s = Search::new(&txn, &index);
     s.terms_matching_strategy(TermsMatchingStrategy::All);
-    s.query("the quick brown fox");
+    s.query("a a a a a");
     let SearchResult { documents_ids, .. } = s.execute().unwrap();
-    insta::assert_snapshot!(format!("{documents_ids:?}"), @"[3, 4, 2, 1, 0]");
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(format!("{documents_ids:?}"), @"[5, 7, 6]");
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_fid_docids.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_fid_docids.rs
index 72b30cddf..9ee33ea0d 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_fid_docids.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_fid_docids.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub fn extract_word_fid_docids<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
         for position in read_u32_ne_bytes(value) {
             key_buffer.clear();
             key_buffer.extend_from_slice(word_bytes);
+            key_buffer.push(0);
             let (fid, _) = relative_from_absolute_position(position);
             key_buffer.extend_from_slice(&fid.to_be_bytes());
             word_fid_docids_sorter.insert(&key_buffer, document_id.to_ne_bytes())?;
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_position_docids.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_position_docids.rs
index 80a36c308..9bb43b004 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_position_docids.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_word_position_docids.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn extract_word_position_docids<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
         for position in read_u32_ne_bytes(value) {
             key_buffer.clear();
             key_buffer.extend_from_slice(word_bytes);
+            key_buffer.push(0);
             let (_, position) = relative_from_absolute_position(position);
             let position = bucketed_position(position);
             key_buffer.extend_from_slice(&position.to_be_bytes());