diff --git a/database/music_database.py b/database/music_database.py
index 30957762..c44ebc10 100644
--- a/database/music_database.py
+++ b/database/music_database.py
@@ -5547,6 +5547,18 @@ class MusicDatabase:
             # Use the best title similarity (direct or cleaned)
             best_title_similarity = max(title_similarity, clean_title_similarity)
 
+            # Length ratio penalty: if the DB title is significantly longer/shorter than the
+            # search title, it's likely a different track (e.g. "Believe" vs "Believe In Me").
+            # SequenceMatcher gives high scores when the shorter string is fully contained
+            # in the longer one, which causes false positives for prefix/suffix matches.
+            len_search = len(clean_search_title) if clean_search_title else len(search_title_norm)
+            len_db = len(clean_db_title) if clean_db_title else len(db_title_norm)
+            if len_search > 0 and len_db > 0:
+                len_ratio = min(len_search, len_db) / max(len_search, len_db)
+                if len_ratio < 0.7:
+                    # Titles differ in length by more than 30% — penalize heavily
+                    best_title_similarity *= len_ratio
+
             # Require minimum title similarity to prevent a perfect artist match from
             # carrying a bad title match over the threshold (e.g. "Time" vs "Time Flies")
             if best_title_similarity < 0.6:
diff --git a/web_server.py b/web_server.py
index b868498a..314c924b 100644
--- a/web_server.py
+++ b/web_server.py
@@ -19246,6 +19246,15 @@ def get_version_info():
         "title": "What's New in SoulSync",
         "subtitle": f"Version {SOULSYNC_VERSION} — Latest Changes",
         "sections": [
+            {
+                "title": "🔧 Fix Partial Name Matching False Positives (#225)",
+                "description": "Track ownership check no longer falsely matches prefix/suffix variations",
+                "features": [
+                    "• 'Believe' no longer matches 'Believe In Me' — length ratio penalty prevents partial title matches",
+                    "• Titles differing in length by more than 30% get their similarity score penalized proportionally",
+                    "• Exact matches and cleaned matches (e.g. remastered tags stripped) are unaffected"
+                ]
+            },
             {
                 "title": "🔧 Fix Pipeline Stops When Metadata Match Fails (#224)",
                 "description": "Playlist sync no longer drops tracks that failed iTunes/Apple Music discovery",
diff --git a/webui/static/helper.js b/webui/static/helper.js
index b29148af..5fa5efa4 100644
--- a/webui/static/helper.js
+++ b/webui/static/helper.js
@@ -3403,6 +3403,7 @@ function closeHelperSearch() {
 const WHATS_NEW = {
     '2.1': [
         // Newest features first
+        { title: 'Fix Partial Title Matching',               desc: '"Believe" no longer falsely matches "Believe In Me" — length ratio penalty prevents prefix false positives' },
         { title: 'Fix Pipeline Blocking on Discovery Fail',  desc: 'Playlist sync no longer drops tracks that failed metadata discovery — continues with original name/artist for download' },
         { title: 'Playlist Explorer',                         desc: 'New page: expand playlists into visual discovery trees of albums and discographies — select and add to wishlist', page: 'playlist-explorer' },
         { title: 'Fix Invalid .LRC Lyrics Files',            desc: 'Plain lyrics now saved as .txt — only synced (timestamped) lyrics get the .lrc extension' },