[jafingi]

Ha! This explains why I always get "cookieandkate.com" suggested when I want to visit another site that starts with "cookie". I was extremely frustrated that it suggested that site with higher priotity than the one I actually visit mostly every day. And I had never myself gone to that site.

Now I know why...

[Bilal_io]

That's very strange, you'd expect Apple to provide a good UX by suggesting a website from your bookmarks, history and then their list. I wonder whether that's an oversight or an intentional implementation.

[dwighttk]

Safari does use your bookmarks and your history, but at some point the history expires so some sites I go to rarely don’t autocomplete and I add bookmarks when I notice.

Also it sometimes is too slow to pick up that I don’t want to go where it autocompleted, I hit go, then immediately hit back and typed more characters in to get the actual site I wanted. I could go and edit my history, but that process is a little clunky on my phone.

[ezfe]

It does - some people always browse in Private Mode or have History off

[quitit]

That's exactly the behaviour I have when using iOS.

[Bilal_io]

I see. OP replies saying their history somehow expired, and the page wasn't bookmarked to begin with. So I stand corrected. Thank you