diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index e0065362c..171097ef4 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -3094,6 +3094,7 @@ IM_MSVC_RUNTIME_CHECKS_RESTORE
 ImGuiTextFilter::ImGuiTextFilter(const char* default_filter) //-V1077
 {
     InputBuf[0] = 0;
+    MinWordSize = 1;
     _CountInclude = 0;
     if (default_filter)
     {
@@ -3127,7 +3128,7 @@ static void ImGuiTextFilter_BuildAddItem(ImGuiTextFilter* f, const char* word_b,
             word_e--;
     }
     const bool is_excl = (word_b < word_e && word_b[0] == '-');
-    if (word_e - word_b - (is_excl ? 1 : 0) <= 0)
+    if (word_e - word_b - (is_excl ? 1 : 0) < f->MinWordSize)
         return;
 
     // Add to list
diff --git a/imgui.h b/imgui.h
index 20fb5fc96..c29e97d9d 100644
--- a/imgui.h
+++ b/imgui.h
@@ -2811,6 +2811,7 @@ struct ImGuiTextFilter
 
     // [Internal] Members
     char                InputBuf[256];      // User input buffer
+    ImU8                MinWordSize;        // == 1
     int                 _CountInclude;      // >= 0
     ImVector<ImGuiTextFilterItem> _Items;   // Pre-parsed, trimmed, reordered items
 };