diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangassistproposalmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangassistproposalmodel.cpp
index c2adf179b74..9806fd929f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangassistproposalmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangassistproposalmodel.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 namespace ClangCodeModel {
 namespace Internal {
 
-const int SORT_LIMIT = 30000;
+constexpr int SORT_LIMIT = 30000;
 
 ClangAssistProposalModel::ClangAssistProposalModel(
         ClangBackEnd::CompletionCorrection neededCorrection)
@@ -58,9 +58,13 @@ void ClangAssistProposalModel::sort(const QString &/*prefix*/)
 
     auto currentItemsCompare = [](AssistProposalItemInterface *first,
                                   AssistProposalItemInterface *second) {
+        if (first->prefixMatch() != second->prefixMatch()) {
+            return static_cast<int>(first->prefixMatch())
+                    < static_cast<int>(second->prefixMatch());
+        }
         return (first->order() > 0
                 && (first->order() < second->order()
-                     || (first->order() == second->order() && first->text() < second->text())));
+                    || (first->order() == second->order() && first->text() < second->text())));
     };
 
     std::sort(m_currentItems.begin(), m_currentItems.end(), currentItemsCompare);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/assistproposaliteminterface.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/assistproposaliteminterface.h
index d85c7a2ccc2..b9656ce465d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/assistproposaliteminterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/assistproposaliteminterface.h
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ class TextEditorWidget;
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT AssistProposalItemInterface
 {
 public:
+    // We compare proposals by enum values, be careful changing their values
+    enum class PrefixMatch
+    {
+        Exact = 0,
+        Lower = 1,
+        None = 2
+    };
+
     AssistProposalItemInterface() = default;
     virtual ~AssistProposalItemInterface() Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT = default;
 
@@ -59,11 +67,14 @@ public:
     virtual bool isValid() const = 0;
     virtual quint64 hash() const = 0; // it is only for removing duplicates
 
-    int order() const { return m_order; }
-    void setOrder(int order) { m_order = order; }
+    inline int order() const { return m_order; }
+    inline void setOrder(int order) { m_order = order; }
+    inline PrefixMatch prefixMatch() { return m_prefixMatch; }
+    inline void setPrefixMatch(PrefixMatch match) { m_prefixMatch = match; }
 
 private:
     int m_order = 0;
+    PrefixMatch m_prefixMatch = PrefixMatch::None;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/genericproposalmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/genericproposalmodel.cpp
index 3e2c8816adb..eb47a9726db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/genericproposalmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/codeassist/genericproposalmodel.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ uint qHash(const AssistProposalItem &item)
 
 namespace {
 
-const int kMaxSort = 1000;
-const int kMaxPrefixFilter = 100;
+constexpr int kMaxSort = 1000;
+constexpr int kMaxPrefixFilter = 100;
 
 struct ContentLessThan
 {
@@ -309,9 +309,20 @@ void GenericProposalModel::filter(const QString &prefix)
     QRegExp regExp(keyRegExp);
 
     m_currentItems.clear();
+    const QString lowerPrefix = prefix.toLower();
     foreach (const auto &item, m_originalItems) {
-        if (regExp.indexIn(item->text()) == 0)
+        const QString &text = item->text();
+        if (regExp.indexIn(text) == 0) {
             m_currentItems.append(item);
+            if (text.startsWith(prefix)) {
+                // Direct match
+                item->setPrefixMatch(AssistProposalItemInterface::PrefixMatch::Exact);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (text.startsWith(lowerPrefix, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+                item->setPrefixMatch(AssistProposalItemInterface::PrefixMatch::Lower);
+        }
     }
 }