diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 291d66517..4c8ad348b 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
     },
     "packages/embeds/js": {
       "name": "@typebot.io/js",
-      "version": "0.8.8",
+      "version": "0.8.11",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@ai-sdk/ui-utils": "1.2.2",
         "@ark-ui/solid": "5.11.0",
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
     },
     "packages/embeds/react": {
       "name": "@typebot.io/react",
-      "version": "0.8.8",
+      "version": "0.8.11",
       "dependencies": {
         "@typebot.io/js": "workspace:*",
         "react": "18.3.1",
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.test.ts b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.test.ts
index 90411a2ae..8057fe215 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const createMockItem = (
 ): ChoiceInputBlock["items"][number] => ({
   id,
   content,
-  value: content,
   outgoingEdgeId: "edge1",
 });
 
@@ -54,10 +53,38 @@ describe("parseMultipleChoiceReply", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ status: "success", content: "item, second item" });
   });
 
+  it("should work with dirty values / input", () => {
+    const result = parseMultipleChoiceReply("item and second item", {
+      items: [
+        createMockItem("id1", "item\n"),
+        createMockItem("id2", " second item "),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual({ status: "success", content: "item, second item" });
+
+    const result2 = parseMultipleChoiceReply(" item and second item \n", {
+      items: [
+        createMockItem("id1", "item"),
+        createMockItem("id2", "second item"),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result2).toEqual({
+      status: "success",
+      content: "item, second item",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("should not work when the choice is inside a longer word", () => {
     const result = parseMultipleChoiceReply("tests", {
       items: [createMockItem("id1", "Just a few tests")],
     });
     expect(result).toEqual({ status: "fail" });
   });
+
+  it("should work with korean characters", () => {
+    const result = parseMultipleChoiceReply("아이템", {
+      items: [createMockItem("id1", "아이템")],
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual({ status: "success", content: "아이템" });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.ts b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.ts
index b357d6636..10616bf8a 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseMultipleChoiceReply.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ChoiceInputBlock } from "@typebot.io/blocks-inputs/choice/schema";
-import { sortByContentLength } from "../../../helpers/choiceMatchers";
+import { sortByContentLengthDesc } from "../../../helpers/choiceMatchers";
 import type { ParsedReply } from "../../../types";
 
 /**
@@ -11,31 +11,32 @@ export const parseMultipleChoiceReply = (
   { items }: { items: ChoiceInputBlock["items"] },
 ): ParsedReply => {
   let remainingInput = reply;
-  const remainingItems = sortByContentLength(items);
+  const remainingItems = sortByContentLengthDesc(items);
   // We match the IDs first and then filter through the items to have an order independent result
   const matchedItemIds: string[] = [];
 
   // Match by ID
   for (const item of remainingItems) {
-    if (item.id && matchIsolatedWord(remainingInput, item.id)) {
+    if (item.id && includesWholePhrase(remainingInput, item.id)) {
       remainingInput = remainingInput.replace(item.id, "").trim();
       matchedItemIds.push(item.id);
-      remainingItems.splice(remainingItems.indexOf(item), 1);
     }
   }
 
   // Match by internal value
-  for (const item of remainingItems) {
-    if (item.value && matchIsolatedWord(remainingInput, item.value)) {
+  for (const item of remainingItems.filter(
+    (item) => !matchedItemIds.includes(item.id),
+  ))
+    if (item.value && includesWholePhrase(remainingInput, item.value)) {
       remainingInput = remainingInput.replace(item.value, "").trim();
       matchedItemIds.push(item.id);
-      remainingItems.splice(remainingItems.indexOf(item), 1);
     }
-  }
 
   // Match by content
-  for (const item of remainingItems) {
-    if (item.content && matchIsolatedWord(remainingInput, item.content)) {
+  for (const item of remainingItems.filter(
+    (item) => !matchedItemIds.includes(item.id),
+  )) {
+    if (item.content && includesWholePhrase(remainingInput, item.content)) {
       remainingInput = remainingInput.replace(item.content, "").trim();
       matchedItemIds.push(item.id);
       remainingItems.splice(remainingItems.indexOf(item), 1);
@@ -44,15 +45,8 @@ export const parseMultipleChoiceReply = (
 
   // Match by index
   for (const [idx, item] of items.entries()) {
-    console.log(
-      item,
-      idx,
-      matchIsolatedWord(remainingInput, `${idx + 1}`),
-      item,
-      remainingItems,
-    );
     if (
-      matchIsolatedWord(remainingInput, `${idx + 1}`) &&
+      includesWholePhrase(remainingInput, `${idx + 1}`) &&
       remainingItems.some(({ id }) => id === item.id)
     ) {
       remainingInput = remainingInput.replace(`${idx + 1}`, "").trim();
@@ -67,13 +61,31 @@ export const parseMultipleChoiceReply = (
     status: "success",
     content: items
       .filter((item) => matchedItemIds.includes(item.id))
-      .map((item) => item.value ?? item.content)
+      .map((item) => (item.value ?? item.content)?.trim())
       .join(", "),
   };
 };
 
 /**
- * Matches a word that is not part of a longer word.
+ * Test whether `phrase` appears in `text` as a **stand-alone sequence of words**.
  */
-const matchIsolatedWord = (input: string, word: string) =>
-  new RegExp(`\\b${word}\\b`).test(input);
+const includesWholePhrase = (text: string, phrase: string) => {
+  if (!phrase || !text) return false;
+
+  // Normalise: trim ends and split on whitespace, removing empties.
+  const words = phrase.trim().split(/\s+/u).filter(Boolean);
+  if (!words.length) return false;
+
+  // Escape any regex metacharacters the caller may have put in `phrase`.
+  const escaped = words.map((w) => w.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&"));
+
+  const inner = escaped.join("\\s+");
+
+  // Unicode “word” characters = Letter | Number | Mark
+  const boundary = "[^\\p{L}\\p{N}\\p{M}]";
+
+  // (^|boundary)  inner  (?=$|boundary)
+  const pattern = `(?:^|${boundary})${inner}(?=$|${boundary})`;
+
+  return new RegExp(pattern, "ui").test(text);
+};
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseSingleChoiceReply.ts b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseSingleChoiceReply.ts
index e3cf818de..853f6cef4 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseSingleChoiceReply.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/buttons/parseSingleChoiceReply.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ChoiceInputBlock } from "@typebot.io/blocks-inputs/choice/schema";
 import {
   getItemContent,
-  sortByContentLength,
+  sortByContentLengthDesc,
 } from "../../../helpers/choiceMatchers";
 import type { ParsedReply } from "../../../types";
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const parseSingleChoiceReply = (
   displayedItems: ChoiceInputBlock["items"],
   inputValue: string,
 ): ParsedReply => {
-  const matchedItem = sortByContentLength(displayedItems).find(
+  const matchedItem = sortByContentLengthDesc(displayedItems).find(
     (item) =>
       item.id === inputValue ||
       (item.value && inputValue.trim() === item.value.trim()) ||
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/pictureChoice/parsePictureChoicesReply.ts b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/pictureChoice/parsePictureChoicesReply.ts
index c1da10cc5..2b873d289 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/pictureChoice/parsePictureChoicesReply.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/src/blocks/inputs/pictureChoice/parsePictureChoicesReply.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   getItemContent,
   matchByIndex,
   matchByKey,
-  sortByContentLength,
+  sortByContentLengthDesc,
 } from "../../../helpers/choiceMatchers";
 import type { ParsedReply } from "../../../types";
 import { injectVariableValuesInPictureChoiceBlock } from "./injectVariableValuesInPictureChoiceBlock";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const parseMultipleChoiceReply = (
   inputValue: string,
 ): ParsedReply => {
   const valueMatches = matchByKey({
-    items: sortByContentLength(displayedItems, "value"),
+    items: sortByContentLengthDesc(displayedItems, "value"),
     inputValue,
     key: "value",
   });
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const parseSingleChoiceReply = (
   displayedItems: PictureChoiceBlock["items"],
   inputValue: string,
 ): ParsedReply => {
-  const matchedItem = sortByContentLength(displayedItems).find(
+  const matchedItem = sortByContentLengthDesc(displayedItems).find(
     (item) =>
       item.id === inputValue ||
       item.value?.toLowerCase().trim() === inputValue.toLowerCase().trim() ||
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/src/helpers/choiceMatchers.ts b/packages/bot-engine/src/helpers/choiceMatchers.ts
index 66d6358d6..522ebd37d 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/src/helpers/choiceMatchers.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/src/helpers/choiceMatchers.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type MatchFunction<T extends ChoiceItem> = (
   idx?: number,
 ) => boolean;
 
-export const sortByContentLength = <T extends ChoiceItem>(
+export const sortByContentLengthDesc = <T extends ChoiceItem>(
   items: T[],
   contentKey = "content",
 ): T[] =>