diff --git a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/fallback.rs b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/fallback.rs
index 13afffd07..0b68f9c7c 100644
--- a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/fallback.rs
+++ b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/fallback.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ pub fn sans_by_name(family: &str) -> Option<bool> {
     if has(&["batang", "myungjo", "myeongjo", "gungsuh", "\u{BC14}\u{D5D5}", "\u{BA85}\u{C870}", "\u{AD81}\u{C11C}"]) {
         return Some(false);
     }
+    // Then the word itself, which outranks every sans indicator: "Sweet Gothic Serif" is a serif
+    // family whatever "Gothic" suggests. "Sans serif" and "sans-serif" end with the word and do
+    // not mean it, so the phrase goes before the word is looked for (both noted in review).
+    if lower.replace("sans-serif", "sans").replace("sans serif", "sans").contains("serif") {
+        return Some(false);
+    }
     if has(&[
         "dotum",
         "gothic",
@@ -138,11 +144,6 @@ pub fn sans_by_name(family: &str) -> Option<bool> {
     ]) {
         return Some(true);
     }
-    // Only now the bare word, which "sans serif" and "sans-serif" end with and do not mean
-    // (noted in review): "Microsoft Sans Serif" is a sans face, and so is the CSS generic.
-    if lower.contains("serif") {
-        return Some(false);
-    }
     None
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/tests/fallback.rs b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/tests/fallback.rs
index d9a5ee71c..798443524 100644
--- a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/tests/fallback.rs
+++ b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb/tests/fallback.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ fn a_sans_serif_name_is_not_read_as_serif() {
     // And a Korean serif name still outranks "Sans", which is why it is tested first of all.
     assert_eq!(sans_by_name("Noto Sans Myungjo"), Some(false));
     assert_eq!(sans_by_name("Myungjo Gothic"), Some(false));
+    // And the word outranks every sans indicator: Sweet Gothic Serif is a serif family
+    // whatever "Gothic" suggests (noted in review).
+    for serif in ["Sweet Gothic Serif", "Gothic Serif", "Sans Forgetica Serif"] {
+        assert_eq!(sans_by_name(serif), Some(false), "{serif} names itself serif");
+    }
     // Neither word present, so the caller still decides.
     assert_eq!(sans_by_name("monospace"), None);
     assert_eq!(sans_by_name("system-ui"), None);