diff --git a/src/utils/highlights.js b/src/utils/highlights.js
index 65a3eeffd..a403ef1bd 100644
--- a/src/utils/highlights.js
+++ b/src/utils/highlights.js
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ const toNumber = (value) => {
   return undefined;
 };
 
+const extractNumericToken = (value) => {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return undefined;
+  const match = value.match(/[-+]?\d[\d\s.,]*/);
+  if (!match) return undefined;
+
+  const token = match[0].trim();
+  if (!token) return undefined;
+
+  const prefix = value.slice(0, match.index).trim();
+  const suffix = value.slice((match.index ?? 0) + match[0].length).trim();
+  if (/\d/.test(prefix) || /\d/.test(suffix)) return undefined;
+
+  return token;
+};
+
 const parseNumericValue = (value) => {
   if (value === null || value === undefined) return undefined;
   if (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)) return value;
@@ -85,7 +100,9 @@ const parseNumericValue = (value) => {
     const direct = Number(trimmed);
     if (!Number.isNaN(direct)) return direct;
 
-    const compact = trimmed.replace(/\s+/g, "");
+    const candidate = extractNumericToken(trimmed);
+    const numericString = candidate ?? trimmed;
+    const compact = numericString.replace(/\s+/g, "");
     if (!compact || !/^[-+]?[0-9.,]+$/.test(compact)) return undefined;
 
     const commaCount = (compact.match(/,/g) || []).length;
diff --git a/src/utils/highlights.test.js b/src/utils/highlights.test.js
index 9be6bd078..dca18a8e5 100644
--- a/src/utils/highlights.test.js
+++ b/src/utils/highlights.test.js
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ describe("utils/highlights", () => {
     const cfg = buildHighlightConfig(null, {
       // string numeric rule values go through toNumber()
       gt: { numeric: { when: "gt", value: "5", level: "warn" } },
+      withUnitSuffix: { numeric: { when: "gt", value: 5, level: "warn" } },
+      withUnitPrefix: { numeric: { when: "gt", value: 5, level: "warn" } },
+      localizedUnitSuffix: { numeric: { when: "gt", value: 0.5, level: "warn" } },
       commaGrouped: { numeric: { when: "eq", value: 1234, level: "good" } },
       commaDecimal: { numeric: { when: "eq", value: 12.34, level: "good" } },
       dotDecimal: { numeric: { when: "eq", value: 12.34, level: "good" } },
@@ -143,6 +146,12 @@ describe("utils/highlights", () => {
     });
 
     expect(evaluateHighlight("gt", "6", cfg)).toMatchObject({ level: "warn", source: "numeric" });
+    expect(evaluateHighlight("withUnitSuffix", "5.2 ms", cfg)).toMatchObject({ level: "warn", source: "numeric" });
+    expect(evaluateHighlight("withUnitPrefix", "ms 5.2", cfg)).toMatchObject({ level: "warn", source: "numeric" });
+    expect(evaluateHighlight("localizedUnitSuffix", "0,71\u202Fms", cfg)).toMatchObject({
+      level: "warn",
+      source: "numeric",
+    });
     expect(evaluateHighlight("commaGrouped", "1,234", cfg)).toMatchObject({ level: "good", source: "numeric" });
     expect(evaluateHighlight("commaDecimal", "12,34", cfg)).toMatchObject({ level: "good", source: "numeric" });
     // Include a space so Number(trimmed) fails and we exercise the dot parsing branch.
@@ -161,6 +170,9 @@ describe("utils/highlights", () => {
     // "1.2.3" is not a valid grouped or decimal number for our parser.
     expect(evaluateHighlight("num", "1.2.3", cfg)).toBeNull();
 
+    // Multiple numbers in one string should not be treated as a single numeric value.
+    expect(evaluateHighlight("num", "5/10 ms", cfg)).toBeNull();
+
     // JSX-ish values should not be treated as numeric.
     expect(evaluateHighlight("num", { props: { children: "x" } }, cfg)).toBeNull();
   });