diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/matching_words.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/matching_words.rs
index 64235298b..625dd2c77 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/matching_words.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/matching_words.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ impl<'a> PartialMatch<'a> {
         let is_matching = match matching_words.first()? {
             Some(word) => &token.lemma() == word,
             // a None value in the phrase corresponds to a stop word,
-            // the walue is considered a match if the current token is categorized as a stop word.
+            // the value is considered a match if the current token is categorized as a stop word.
             None => token.is_stopword(),
         };
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/resolve_query_graph.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/resolve_query_graph.rs
index 3bbe699b2..62b47be24 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/resolve_query_graph.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/resolve_query_graph.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ pub fn compute_phrase_docids(
         return Ok(RoaringBitmap::new());
     }
     let mut candidates = None;
-    for word in words.iter().flatten().copied() {
+    for word in words.iter().copied() {
+        let Some(word) = word else {
+            continue;
+        };
+
         if let Some(word_docids) = ctx.word_docids(None, Word::Original(word))? {
             if let Some(candidates) = candidates.as_mut() {
                 *candidates &= word_docids;