diff --git a/internal/compiler/passes/resolving.rs b/internal/compiler/passes/resolving.rs
index da4e18b427b..e4f1294b362 100644
--- a/internal/compiler/passes/resolving.rs
+++ b/internal/compiler/passes/resolving.rs
@@ -537,6 +537,78 @@ impl Expression {
                 ctx.diag,
             )
         });
+        let values = subs.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        // check format string
+        {
+            let mut arg_idx = 0;
+            let mut pos_max = 0;
+            let mut pos = 0;
+            while let Some(mut p) = string[pos..].find(|x| x == '{' || x == '}') {
+                if string.len() - pos < p + 1 {
+                    ctx.diag.push_error(
+                        "Unescaped trailing '{' in format string. Escape '{' with '{{'".into(),
+                        &node,
+                    );
+                    break;
+                }
+                p += pos;
+
+                // Skip escaped }
+                if string.get(p..=p) == Some("}") {
+                    if string.get(p + 1..=p + 1) == Some("}") {
+                        pos = p + 2;
+                        continue;
+                    } else {
+                        ctx.diag.push_error(
+                            "Unescaped '}' in format string. Escape '}' with '}}'".into(),
+                            &node,
+                        );
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Skip escaped {
+                if string.get(p + 1..=p + 1) == Some("{") {
+                    pos = p + 2;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Find the argument
+                let end = if let Some(end) = string[p..].find('}') {
+                    end + p
+                } else {
+                    ctx.diag.push_error(
+                        "Unterminated placeholder in format string. '{' must be escaped with '{{'"
+                            .into(),
+                        &node,
+                    );
+                    break;
+                };
+                let argument = &string[p + 1..end];
+                if argument.is_empty() {
+                    arg_idx += 1;
+                } else if let Ok(n) = argument.parse::<u16>() {
+                    pos_max = pos_max.max(n as usize + 1);
+                } else {
+                    ctx.diag
+                        .push_error("Invalid '{...}' placeholder in format string. The placeholder must be a number, or braces must be escaped with '{{' and '}}'".into(), &node);
+                    break;
+                };
+                pos = end + 1;
+            }
+            if arg_idx > 0 && pos_max > 0 {
+                ctx.diag.push_error(
+                    "Cannot mix positional and non-positional placeholder in format string".into(),
+                    &node,
+                );
+            } else if arg_idx > values.len() || pos_max > values.len() {
+                ctx.diag.push_error(
+                    format!("Format string contains {} placeholders, but only {} extra arguments were given", arg_idx.max(pos_max), values.len()),
+                    &node,
+                );
+            }
+        }
 
         Expression::FunctionCall {
             function: Box::new(Expression::BuiltinFunctionReference(
@@ -547,7 +619,7 @@ impl Expression {
                 Expression::StringLiteral(string),
                 Expression::StringLiteral(String::new()), // TODO
                 Expression::StringLiteral(domain),
-                Expression::Array { element_ty: Type::String, values: subs.collect() },
+                Expression::Array { element_ty: Type::String, values },
             ],
             source_location: Some(node.to_source_location()),
         }
diff --git a/internal/compiler/tests/syntax/basic/tr2.slint b/internal/compiler/tests/syntax/basic/tr2.slint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f123b2a95ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/compiler/tests/syntax/basic/tr2.slint
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright © SixtyFPS GmbH <info@slint-ui.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-commercial
+
+export component X {
+    property <string> t1: @tr("fo{}oo", 42px);
+    //                                  ^error{Cannot convert length to string. Divide by 1px to convert to a plain number}
+    property <string> t2: @tr("foo{0️⃣}bar", 45);
+    //                    ^error{Invalid '\{...\}' placeholder in format string. The placeholder must be a number, or braces must be escaped with '\{\{' and '\}\}'}
+    property <string> t6: @tr("foo{", 45);
+    //                    ^error{Unterminated placeholder in format string. '\{' must be escaped with '\{\{'}
+    property <string> t7: @tr("foo{bar", 45);
+    //                    ^error{Unterminated placeholder in format string. '\{' must be escaped with '\{\{'}
+    property <string> t8: @tr("foo{bar}bar", 45);
+    //                    ^error{Invalid '\{...\}' placeholder in format string. The placeholder must be a number, or braces must be escaped with '\{\{' and '\}\}'}
+    property <string> t9: @tr("foo{}bar");
+    //                    ^error{Format string contains 1 placeholders, but only 0 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t10: @tr("foo{}ba{}r", 42);
+    //                     ^error{Format string contains 2 placeholders, but only 1 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t11: @tr("foo{65535}ba{2147483647}r");
+    //                     ^error{Invalid '\{...\}' placeholder in format string. The placeholder must be a number, or braces must be escaped with '\{\{' and '\}\}'}
+    //                     ^^error{Format string contains 65536 placeholders, but only 0 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t12: @tr("foo{45}bar", 44);
+    //                     ^error{Format string contains 46 placeholders, but only 1 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t13: @tr("foo{0}ba{}r", 44, 42);
+    //                     ^error{Cannot mix positional and non-positional placeholder in format string}
+    property <string> t14: @tr("foo{}ba{1}r", 44, 42);
+    //                     ^error{Cannot mix positional and non-positional placeholder in format string}
+    property <string> t15: @tr("fooba🥸{3}🥸r", 44, 42, 45);
+    //                     ^error{Format string contains 4 placeholders, but only 3 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t16: @tr("foo{} {}ba{}r", 44, 42);
+    //                     ^error{Format string contains 3 placeholders, but only 2 extra arguments were given}
+    property <string> t17: @tr("fo{}o}r", 44, 42);
+    //                     ^error{Unescaped '\}' in format string. Escape '\}' with '\}\}'}
+
+
+}