diff --git a/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts b/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
index 73b0107b7f50..44a538c784a2 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
+++ b/src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts
@@ -172,9 +172,11 @@ export class QuickBar extends LitElement {
     );
 
     const translationKey =
-      this._mode === QuickBarMode.Device ? "devices" : "entities";
+      this._mode === QuickBarMode.Device
+        ? "filter_placeholder_devices"
+        : "filter_placeholder";
     const placeholder = this.hass.localize(
-      `ui.dialogs.quick-bar.filter_placeholder.${translationKey}`
+      `ui.dialogs.quick-bar.${translationKey}`
     );
 
     const commandMode = this._mode === QuickBarMode.Command;
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 110a656c7126..7bb4165b4483 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -1195,10 +1195,8 @@
             "addon_info": "{addon} Info"
           }
         },
-        "filter_placeholder": {
-          "entities": "Search entities",
-          "devices": "Search devices"
-        },
+        "filter_placeholder": "Search entities",
+        "filter_placeholder_devices": "Search devices",
         "title": "Quick search",
         "key_c_hint": "Press 'c' on any page to open the command dialog",
         "nothing_found": "Nothing found!"