diff --git a/src/app/locator/qgsactionlocatorfilter.cpp b/src/app/locator/qgsactionlocatorfilter.cpp
index 23b56aea2986..76a17f04b0d1 100644
--- a/src/app/locator/qgsactionlocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/locator/qgsactionlocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #include "qgsactionlocatorfilter.h"
 
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
+
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ void QgsActionLocatorFilter::searchActions( const QString &string, QWidget *pare
     result.displayString = searchText;
     result.setUserData( QVariant::fromValue( action ) );
     result.icon = action->icon();
-    result.score = fuzzyScore( result.displayString, string );
+    result.score = fuzzyScore( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( result.displayString ), QgsStringUtils::unaccent( string ) );
 
     if ( result.score > 0 )
     {
diff --git a/src/app/locator/qgsbookmarklocatorfilter.cpp b/src/app/locator/qgsbookmarklocatorfilter.cpp
index b4ee112b5c48..d376442c8d13 100644
--- a/src/app/locator/qgsbookmarklocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/locator/qgsbookmarklocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "qgisapp.h"
 #include "qgsapplication.h"
 #include "qgsfeedback.h"
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
 
 #include "moc_qgsbookmarklocatorfilter.cpp"
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ void QgsBookmarkLocatorFilter::fetchResults( const QString &string, const QgsLoc
       continue;
     }
 
-    result.score = fuzzyScore( result.displayString, string );
+    result.score = fuzzyScore( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( result.displayString ), QgsStringUtils::unaccent( string ) );
 
     if ( result.score > 0 )
       emit resultFetched( result );
diff --git a/src/app/locator/qgslayertreelocatorfilter.cpp b/src/app/locator/qgslayertreelocatorfilter.cpp
index 144affd5de29..510096ad44bf 100644
--- a/src/app/locator/qgslayertreelocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/locator/qgslayertreelocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "qgsiconutils.h"
 #include "qgslayertree.h"
 #include "qgsproject.h"
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
 
 #include "moc_qgslayertreelocatorfilter.cpp"
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ void QgsLayerTreeLocatorFilter::fetchResults( const QString &string, const QgsLo
       continue;
     }
 
-    result.score = fuzzyScore( result.displayString, string );
+    result.score = fuzzyScore( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( result.displayString ), QgsStringUtils::unaccent( string ) );
 
     if ( result.score > 0 )
       emit resultFetched( result );
diff --git a/src/app/locator/qgslayoutlocatorfilter.cpp b/src/app/locator/qgslayoutlocatorfilter.cpp
index ebe44225ce60..3be42e10dc51 100644
--- a/src/app/locator/qgslayoutlocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/locator/qgslayoutlocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "qgslayoutmanager.h"
 #include "qgsmasterlayoutinterface.h"
 #include "qgsproject.h"
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
 
 #include "moc_qgslayoutlocatorfilter.cpp"
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ void QgsLayoutLocatorFilter::fetchResults( const QString &string, const QgsLocat
       continue;
     }
 
-    result.score = fuzzyScore( result.displayString, string );
+    result.score = fuzzyScore( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( result.displayString ), QgsStringUtils::unaccent( string ) );
 
     if ( result.score > 0 )
       emit resultFetched( result );
diff --git a/src/app/locator/qgssettingslocatorfilter.cpp b/src/app/locator/qgssettingslocatorfilter.cpp
index 7edf89a8628d..c657fb9952be 100644
--- a/src/app/locator/qgssettingslocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/locator/qgssettingslocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "qgssettingslocatorfilter.h"
 
 #include "qgisapp.h"
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
 
 #include "moc_qgssettingslocatorfilter.cpp"
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ void QgsSettingsLocatorFilter::fetchResults( const QString &string, const QgsLoc
       continue;
     }
 
-    result.score = fuzzyScore( result.displayString, string );
+    result.score = fuzzyScore( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( result.displayString ), QgsStringUtils::unaccent( string ) );
 
     if ( result.score > 0 )
       emit resultFetched( result );
diff --git a/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingtoolboxmodel.cpp b/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingtoolboxmodel.cpp
index 517cee8b04d6..24e4c6c3657e 100644
--- a/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingtoolboxmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingtoolboxmodel.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "qgsprocessingfavoritealgorithmmanager.h"
 #include "qgsprocessingrecentalgorithmlog.h"
 #include "qgsprocessingregistry.h"
+#include "qgsstringutils.h"
 #include "qgsvectorlayer.h"
 
 #include <QMimeData>
@@ -899,9 +900,10 @@ bool QgsProcessingToolboxProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow( int sourceRow, const QMod
       for ( const QString &part : partsToMatch )
       {
         bool found = false;
+        const QString unaccentedPart = QgsStringUtils::unaccent( part );
         for ( const QString &partToSearch : std::as_const( partsToSearch ) )
         {
-          if ( partToSearch.contains( part, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
+          if ( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( partToSearch ).contains( unaccentedPart, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
           {
             found = true;
             break;
@@ -954,9 +956,10 @@ bool QgsProcessingToolboxProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow( int sourceRow, const QMod
       for ( const QString &part : partsToMatch )
       {
         bool found = false;
+        const QString unaccentedPart = QgsStringUtils::unaccent( part );
         for ( const QString &partToSearch : std::as_const( partsToSearch ) )
         {
-          if ( partToSearch.contains( part, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
+          if ( QgsStringUtils::unaccent( partToSearch ).contains( unaccentedPart, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
           {
             found = true;
             break;