diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
index ad3f73d0d..7ea5c3816 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ where
         let index_is_empty = index_documents_ids.len() == 0;
         let mut final_documents_ids = RoaringBitmap::new();
         let mut word_pair_proximity_docids = Vec::new();
+        let mut word_position_docids = Vec::new();
         let mut word_docids = Vec::new();
 
         let mut databases_seen = 0;
@@ -321,6 +322,19 @@ where
                     let chunk = grenad::Reader::new(file)?;
                     TypedChunk::WordPairProximityDocids(chunk)
                 }
+                TypedChunk::WordPositionDocids(chunk) => {
+                    // We extract and mmap our chunk file to be able to get it for next processes.
+                    let mut file = chunk.into_inner();
+                    let mmap = unsafe { memmap2::Mmap::map(&file)? };
+                    let cursor_mmap = CursorClonableMmap::new(ClonableMmap::from(mmap));
+                    let chunk = grenad::Reader::new(cursor_mmap)?;
+                    word_position_docids.push(chunk);
+
+                    // We reconstruct our typed-chunk back.
+                    file.rewind()?;
+                    let chunk = grenad::Reader::new(file)?;
+                    TypedChunk::WordPositionDocids(chunk)
+                }
                 otherwise => otherwise,
             };
 
@@ -359,7 +373,11 @@ where
         let all_documents_ids = index_documents_ids | new_documents_ids | replaced_documents_ids;
         self.index.put_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &all_documents_ids)?;
 
-        self.execute_prefix_databases(word_docids, word_pair_proximity_docids)?;
+        self.execute_prefix_databases(
+            word_docids,
+            word_pair_proximity_docids,
+            word_position_docids,
+        )?;
 
         Ok(all_documents_ids.len())
     }
@@ -369,6 +387,7 @@ where
         self,
         word_docids: Vec<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
         word_pair_proximity_docids: Vec<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
+        word_position_docids: Vec<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
     ) -> Result<()>
     where
         F: Fn(UpdateIndexingStep) + Sync,
@@ -453,7 +472,7 @@ where
         if let Some(value) = self.config.words_positions_min_level_size {
             builder.min_level_size(value);
         }
-        builder.execute()?;
+        builder.execute(word_position_docids, &previous_words_prefixes_fst)?;
 
         databases_seen += 1;
         (self.progress)(UpdateIndexingStep::MergeDataIntoFinalDatabase {
diff --git a/milli/src/update/words_prefix_position_docids.rs b/milli/src/update/words_prefix_position_docids.rs
index a8346a1cb..b1b8273ef 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/words_prefix_position_docids.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/words_prefix_position_docids.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 use std::{cmp, str};
 
 use fst::Streamer;
-use grenad::CompressionType;
+use grenad::{CompressionType, MergerBuilder};
 use heed::types::ByteSlice;
-use heed::BytesEncode;
+use heed::{BytesDecode, BytesEncode};
 use log::debug;
+use slice_group_by::GroupBy;
 
 use crate::error::SerializationError;
 use crate::heed_codec::StrBEU32Codec;
 use crate::index::main_key::WORDS_PREFIXES_FST_KEY;
 use crate::update::index_documents::{
-    create_sorter, merge_cbo_roaring_bitmaps, sorter_into_lmdb_database, WriteMethod,
+    create_sorter, fst_stream_into_hashset, fst_stream_into_vec, merge_cbo_roaring_bitmaps,
+    sorter_into_lmdb_database, CursorClonableMmap, MergeFn, WriteMethod,
 };
 use crate::{Index, Result};
 
@@ -54,12 +57,27 @@ impl<'t, 'u, 'i> WordPrefixPositionDocids<'t, 'u, 'i> {
     }
 
     #[logging_timer::time("WordPrefixPositionDocids::{}")]
-    pub fn execute(self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn execute<A: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+        self,
+        new_word_position_docids: Vec<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
+        old_prefix_fst: &fst::Set<A>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         debug!("Computing and writing the word levels positions docids into LMDB on disk...");
 
-        self.index.word_prefix_position_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+        let prefix_fst = self.index.words_prefixes_fst(self.wtxn)?;
 
-        let mut word_prefix_positions_docids_sorter = create_sorter(
+        // We retrieve the common words between the previous and new prefix word fst.
+        let common_prefix_fst_keys =
+            fst_stream_into_vec(old_prefix_fst.op().add(&prefix_fst).intersection());
+        let common_prefix_fst_keys: Vec<_> = common_prefix_fst_keys
+            .as_slice()
+            .linear_group_by_key(|x| x.chars().nth(0).unwrap())
+            .collect();
+
+        // We compute the set of prefixes that are no more part of the prefix fst.
+        let suppr_pw = fst_stream_into_hashset(old_prefix_fst.op().add(&prefix_fst).difference());
+
+        let mut prefix_position_docids_sorter = create_sorter(
             merge_cbo_roaring_bitmaps,
             self.chunk_compression_type,
             self.chunk_compression_level,
@@ -67,39 +85,107 @@ impl<'t, 'u, 'i> WordPrefixPositionDocids<'t, 'u, 'i> {
             self.max_memory,
         );
 
-        // We insert the word prefix position and
-        // corresponds to the word-prefix position where the prefixes appears
-        // in the prefix FST previously constructed.
-        let prefix_fst = self.index.words_prefixes_fst(self.wtxn)?;
+        let mut word_position_docids_merger = MergerBuilder::new(merge_cbo_roaring_bitmaps);
+        word_position_docids_merger.extend(new_word_position_docids);
+        let mut word_position_docids_iter =
+            word_position_docids_merger.build().into_merger_iter()?;
+
+        // We fetch all the new common prefixes between the previous and new prefix fst.
+        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+        let mut current_prefixes: Option<&&[String]> = None;
+        let mut prefixes_cache = HashMap::new();
+        while let Some((key, data)) = word_position_docids_iter.next()? {
+            let (word, pos) = StrBEU32Codec::bytes_decode(key).ok_or(heed::Error::Decoding)?;
+
+            current_prefixes = match current_prefixes.take() {
+                Some(prefixes) if word.starts_with(&prefixes[0]) => Some(prefixes),
+                _otherwise => {
+                    write_prefixes_in_sorter(
+                        &mut prefixes_cache,
+                        &mut prefix_position_docids_sorter,
+                    )?;
+                    common_prefix_fst_keys.iter().find(|prefixes| word.starts_with(&prefixes[0]))
+                }
+            };
+
+            if let Some(prefixes) = current_prefixes {
+                for prefix in prefixes.iter() {
+                    if word.starts_with(prefix) {
+                        buffer.clear();
+                        buffer.extend_from_slice(prefix.as_bytes());
+                        buffer.extend_from_slice(&pos.to_be_bytes());
+                        match prefixes_cache.get_mut(&buffer) {
+                            Some(value) => value.push(data.to_owned()),
+                            None => {
+                                prefixes_cache.insert(buffer.clone(), vec![data.to_owned()]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        write_prefixes_in_sorter(&mut prefixes_cache, &mut prefix_position_docids_sorter)?;
+
+        // We fetch the docids associated to the newly added word prefix fst only.
         let db = self.index.word_position_docids.remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>();
-        // iter over all prefixes in the prefix fst.
-        let mut word_stream = prefix_fst.stream();
-        while let Some(prefix_bytes) = word_stream.next() {
+        let mut new_prefixes_stream = prefix_fst.op().add(old_prefix_fst).difference();
+        while let Some(prefix_bytes) = new_prefixes_stream.next() {
             let prefix = str::from_utf8(prefix_bytes).map_err(|_| {
                 SerializationError::Decoding { db_name: Some(WORDS_PREFIXES_FST_KEY) }
             })?;
 
             // iter over all lines of the DB where the key is prefixed by the current prefix.
-            let mut iter = db
+            let iter = db
                 .remap_key_type::<ByteSlice>()
-                .prefix_iter(self.wtxn, &prefix_bytes)?
+                .prefix_iter(self.wtxn, prefix_bytes)?
                 .remap_key_type::<StrBEU32Codec>();
-            while let Some(((_word, pos), data)) = iter.next().transpose()? {
-                let key = (prefix, pos);
-                let bytes = StrBEU32Codec::bytes_encode(&key).unwrap();
-                word_prefix_positions_docids_sorter.insert(bytes, data)?;
+            for result in iter {
+                let ((word, pos), data) = result?;
+                if word.starts_with(prefix) {
+                    let key = (prefix, pos);
+                    let bytes = StrBEU32Codec::bytes_encode(&key).unwrap();
+                    prefix_position_docids_sorter.insert(bytes, data)?;
+                }
             }
         }
 
+        drop(new_prefixes_stream);
+
+        // We remove all the entries that are no more required in this word prefix position
+        // docids database.
+        let mut iter =
+            self.index.word_prefix_position_docids.iter_mut(self.wtxn)?.lazily_decode_data();
+        while let Some(((prefix, _), _)) = iter.next().transpose()? {
+            if suppr_pw.contains(prefix.as_bytes()) {
+                unsafe { iter.del_current()? };
+            }
+        }
+
+        drop(iter);
+
         // We finally write all the word prefix position docids into the LMDB database.
         sorter_into_lmdb_database(
             self.wtxn,
             *self.index.word_prefix_position_docids.as_polymorph(),
-            word_prefix_positions_docids_sorter,
+            prefix_position_docids_sorter,
             merge_cbo_roaring_bitmaps,
-            WriteMethod::Append,
+            WriteMethod::GetMergePut,
         )?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+fn write_prefixes_in_sorter(
+    prefixes: &mut HashMap<Vec<u8>, Vec<Vec<u8>>>,
+    sorter: &mut grenad::Sorter<MergeFn>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    for (key, data_slices) in prefixes.drain() {
+        for data in data_slices {
+            sorter.insert(&key, data)?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}