diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
index 36f40f60c..ad2b72986 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
@@ -25,29 +25,34 @@
 
       <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="suggestionsDropdown" class="shadow suggestions-dropdown">
         <div class="list-group list-group-flush small pb-0">
-          @if (totalSuggestions === 0) {
+          @if (novelSuggestions === 0 && reusableSuggestions === 0) {
             <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
               <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>No novel suggestions</small>
             </div>
           }
-          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_tags.length > 0) {
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_tags?.length > 0) {
             <small class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="tags"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Tags</ng-container></small>
             @for (tag of suggestions().suggested_tags; track tag) {
               <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addTag.emit(tag)">{{ tag }}</button>
             }
           }
-          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_document_types.length > 0) {
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length > 0) {
             <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="hash"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Document Types</ng-container></div>
             @for (type of suggestions().suggested_document_types; track type) {
               <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addDocumentType.emit(type)">{{ type }}</button>
             }
           }
-          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents.length > 0) {
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents?.length > 0) {
             <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="person"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Correspondents</ng-container></div>
             @for (correspondent of suggestions().suggested_correspondents; track correspondent) {
               <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addCorrespondent.emit(correspondent)">{{ correspondent }}</button>
             }
           }
+          @if (reusableSuggestions > 0) {
+            <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
+              <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>{reusableSuggestions, plural, =1 {1 existing value suggested below} other {{{reusableSuggestions}} existing values suggested below}}</small>
+            </div>
+          }
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index 3c9328720..6b93d48af 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -21,15 +21,115 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     fixture.detectChanges()
   })
 
-  it('should calculate totalSuggestions', () => {
+  it('should exclude suggested storage path names from totalSuggestions', () => {
     fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
       suggested_correspondents: ['John Doe'],
       suggested_tags: ['Tag1', 'Tag2'],
       suggested_document_types: ['Type1'],
+      suggested_storage_paths: ['Finance/Invoices'],
     })
     expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
   })
 
+  it('should count suggestions when a category is absent from the response', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      suggested_tags: ['Tag1'],
+    })
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('should count reused values the document does not have yet', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      tags: [1, 2, 3],
+      correspondents: [10],
+      document_types: [20],
+      suggested_tags: ['NewTag'],
+    })
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedTags', [2])
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedDocumentType', 20)
+
+    // tags 1 and 3 are not applied yet, correspondent 10 is not set, tag 2 and
+    // document type 20 already are.
+    expect(component.reusableSuggestions).toBe(3)
+    expect(component.novelSuggestions).toBe(1)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
+  })
+
+  it('should not count reused values that are already applied', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      tags: [1],
+      correspondents: [10],
+      document_types: [20],
+    })
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedTags', [1])
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedCorrespondent', 10)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedDocumentType', 20)
+
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('should point at the fields when suggestions are all reused', () => {
+    // The dropdown lists only values to create, so a response made entirely of
+    // reused existing objects used to render as "No novel suggestions".
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', true)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      tags: [1, 2],
+      suggested_tags: [],
+      suggested_correspondents: [],
+      suggested_document_types: [],
+    })
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    component.clickSuggest()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
+      '2 existing values suggested below'
+    )
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain(
+      'No novel suggestions'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('should account for reused values alongside values to create', () => {
+    // The badge counts both, but only the novel names are listed here, so the
+    // dropdown has to say where the rest of the count came from.
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', true)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      tags: [6, 3],
+      suggested_tags: ['Arbitration', 'New York'],
+      suggested_correspondents: [],
+      suggested_document_types: [],
+    })
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    component.clickSuggest()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('Arbitration')
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
+      '2 existing values suggested below'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('should count classic (non-AI) suggestions, which are ids only', () => {
+    // /api/documents/{id}/suggestions/ returns only id arrays and no
+    // suggested_* keys at all, so every one of its suggestions is a reused
+    // existing object - including storage paths.
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      correspondents: [4],
+      tags: [6, 3],
+      document_types: [2],
+      storage_paths: [7],
+      dates: ['2005-01-01'],
+    })
+
+    expect(component.novelSuggestions).toBe(0)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(5)
+
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedStoragePath', 7)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
+  })
+
   it('should show when a completed request returned no suggestions', () => {
     fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
       correspondents: [],
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
index cd5b85f46..ebb14ff79 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   readonly loading = input(false)
   readonly disabled = input(false)
 
+  readonly appliedTags = input<number[]>([])
+  readonly appliedCorrespondent = input<number>(null)
+  readonly appliedDocumentType = input<number>(null)
+  readonly appliedStoragePath = input<number>(null)
+
   @Output()
   getSuggestions: EventEmitter<SuggestionsDropdownComponent> =
     new EventEmitter()
@@ -54,14 +59,46 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
     }
   }
 
-  get totalSuggestions(): number {
+  get novelSuggestions(): number {
     return (
-      this.suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents?.length +
-        this.suggestions()?.suggested_tags?.length +
-        this.suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length || 0
+      (this.suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents?.length ?? 0) +
+      (this.suggestions()?.suggested_tags?.length ?? 0) +
+      (this.suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length ?? 0)
     )
   }
 
+  get reusableSuggestions(): number {
+    const correspondent = this.appliedCorrespondent()
+    const documentType = this.appliedDocumentType()
+    const storagePath = this.appliedStoragePath()
+    // Storage paths count here but not in novelSuggestions: an existing one
+    // can be applied from the field, a suggested name cannot create one.
+    return (
+      this.countUnapplied(this.suggestions()?.tags, this.appliedTags()) +
+      this.countUnapplied(
+        this.suggestions()?.correspondents,
+        correspondent ? [correspondent] : []
+      ) +
+      this.countUnapplied(
+        this.suggestions()?.document_types,
+        documentType ? [documentType] : []
+      ) +
+      this.countUnapplied(
+        this.suggestions()?.storage_paths,
+        storagePath ? [storagePath] : []
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  get totalSuggestions(): number {
+    return this.novelSuggestions + this.reusableSuggestions
+  }
+
+  private countUnapplied(suggested: number[], applied: number[]): number {
+    return (suggested ?? []).filter((id) => !(applied ?? []).includes(id))
+      .length
+  }
+
   get noSuggestions(): boolean {
     const suggestions = this.suggestions()
     return (
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index d3929674e..c3f7e199d 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
                 [loading]="suggestionsLoading()"
                 [suggestions]="suggestions()"
                 [aiEnabled]="aiEnabled"
+                [appliedTags]="documentForm.value.tags"
+                [appliedCorrespondent]="documentForm.value.correspondent"
+                [appliedDocumentType]="documentForm.value.document_type"
+                [appliedStoragePath]="documentForm.value.storage_path"
                 (getSuggestions)="getSuggestions()"
                 (addTag)="createTag($event)"
                 (addDocumentType)="createDocumentType($event)"