diff --git a/packages/starlight/components/Search.astro b/packages/starlight/components/Search.astro
index a565ef423d9..e8d64588de7 100644
--- a/packages/starlight/components/Search.astro
+++ b/packages/starlight/components/Search.astro
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const pagefindTranslations = {
 						element: '#starlight__search',
 						baseUrl: import.meta.env.BASE_URL,
 						bundlePath: import.meta.env.BASE_URL.replace(/\/$/, '') + '/pagefind/',
+						ranking: { termFrequency: 0.5 },
 						showImages: false,
 						translations,
 						showSubResults: true,