diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a71cdbe2..5cd8bcda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ breaking entries are marked **BREAKING**.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Numeric filenames and versions such as `123.txt` and `1.2.3` now stay
+  literal words. Float-prefixed globs such as `1.0*` preserve their exact
+  spelling and match filenames without changing scalar number rules.
+- Keywords inside colon words and globs (`true:foo`, `do*`) now remain
+  literal text. Embedded `+` and tilde paths containing `:` are accepted
+  consistently; standalone keywords and plus-prefixed flags keep their meaning.
+
 - For-loop items now require whitespace between them. Quote a whole word to
   join text with interpolation; adjacent fragments are refused before the
   substitution or loop body runs, instead of becoming separate iterations.
diff --git a/crates/kaish-help/content/en/syntax.md b/crates/kaish-help/content/en/syntax.md
index 92cf3af3..1431b8e1 100644
--- a/crates/kaish-help/content/en/syntax.md
+++ b/crates/kaish-help/content/en/syntax.md
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ echo "/tmp/$(id -u).sock" # one argument
 echo $dir/file.txt        # error — quote "$dir/file.txt"
 echo /tmp/$(id -u).sock   # error — quote "/tmp/$(id -u).sock"
 cmd > $dir/out.txt        # error — quote "$dir/out.txt"
-# Literal words like file.txt, v1.2.3, and .git/HEAD need no quotes.
+# Literal words keep their complete spelling, without quotes:
+echo 123.txt 1.2.3 true:foo a+b .git/HEAD
+ls 1.0*                  # glob keeps the written numeric prefix
 ```
 
 ## Comments
diff --git a/crates/kaish-help/src/fragments.rs b/crates/kaish-help/src/fragments.rs
index 1df2c145..d4370adc 100644
--- a/crates/kaish-help/src/fragments.rs
+++ b/crates/kaish-help/src/fragments.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ echo "/tmp/$(id -u).sock" # one argument
 echo $dir/file.txt        # error — quote "$dir/file.txt"
 echo /tmp/$(id -u).sock   # error — quote "/tmp/$(id -u).sock"
 cmd > $dir/out.txt        # error — quote "$dir/out.txt"
-# Literal words like file.txt, v1.2.3, and .git/HEAD need no quotes.
+# Literal words keep their complete spelling, without quotes:
+echo 123.txt 1.2.3 true:foo a+b .git/HEAD
+ls 1.0*                  # glob keeps the written numeric prefix
 ```"#,
     ),
     syntax_section(
diff --git a/crates/kaish-kernel/src/lexer.rs b/crates/kaish-kernel/src/lexer.rs
index b3a0200a..148acc32 100644
--- a/crates/kaish-kernel/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/crates/kaish-kernel/src/lexer.rs
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ pub enum Token {
     /// (the POSIX `.` source alias) which only matches a bare `.` — the source
     /// alias requires whitespace before its file argument (`. script`), so
     /// `.parent` (no space) is unambiguously a single bareword.
-    #[regex(r"\.[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_dotted_ident, priority = 3)]
+    #[regex(r"\.[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.@+#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_dotted_ident, priority = 3)]
+    #[regex(r"\.[0-9]+\.[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.@+#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_dotted_ident, priority = 3)]
     DottedIdent(String),
 
     #[token("{")]
@@ -684,10 +685,10 @@ pub enum Token {
     // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
     /// Digit-leading bareword: `019dda1c` (SHA prefix), UUIDs, version-ish
-    /// strings. Distinguished from `Int` because at least one alpha character
-    /// follows the leading digits — the lexer commits to "this is a string,
-    /// not a number." Treated as a bareword string in expression position.
-    #[regex(r"[0-9]+[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_number_ident, priority = 3)]
+    /// strings and numeric filenames (`123.txt`, `1.2.3`). A nonnumeric
+    /// suffix or multiple dot-separated numeric components makes the whole
+    /// word text. Complete scalar numerals retain their numeric rules.
+    #[regex(r"[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*\.?[a-zA-Z_+@\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.@+#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*|[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){2,}[a-zA-Z0-9_.@+#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_number_ident, priority = 3)]
     NumberIdent(String),
 
     /// Numeric word containing an embedded hyphen run, or a minus-led numeric
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ pub enum Token {
     /// `a@b.com` (bare `@` is an ordinary word character, as in bash). The
     /// leading class excludes digits — `NumberIdent`/`Int` own digit-leading
     /// words — and the ASCII operator/whitespace set.
-    #[regex(r"[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.@#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_ident)]
+    #[regex(r"[a-zA-Z_\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}][a-zA-Z0-9_.@+#\-\u{80}-\u{10FFFF}]*", lex_ident)]
     Ident(String),
 
     // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -3171,7 +3172,7 @@ fn compute_value_context(tokens: &[Spanned<Token>]) -> Vec<ValueContext> {
 
 /// True for token types that can participate in colon-adjacent merging.
 fn is_colon_mergeable(token: &Token) -> bool {
-    matches!(
+    token.is_keyword() || token.is_type() || matches!(
         token,
         Token::Ident(_)
             | Token::NumberIdent(_)
@@ -3179,6 +3180,7 @@ fn is_colon_mergeable(token: &Token) -> bool {
             | Token::AtWord(_)
             | Token::DottedIdent(_)
             | Token::Colon
+            | Token::TildePath(_)
             | Token::Int(_)
             | Token::RelativePath(_)
             | Token::DotSlashPath(_)
@@ -3272,7 +3274,7 @@ fn flush_colon_run(
 
 /// True for token types that can participate in a glob word.
 fn is_glob_mergeable(token: &Token) -> bool {
-    matches!(
+    token.is_keyword() || token.is_type() || matches!(
         token,
         Token::Star
             | Token::Question
@@ -3285,6 +3287,7 @@ fn is_glob_mergeable(token: &Token) -> bool {
             | Token::DottedIdent(_)
             | Token::Path(_)
             | Token::Int(_)
+            | Token::Float(_)
             | Token::LBracket
             | Token::RBracket
             | Token::Bang
@@ -3739,7 +3742,7 @@ pub(crate) fn is_leading_zero_numeral(word: &str) -> bool {
 ///
 /// Runs as the LAST step of `tokenize_impl`, after every fusion pass:
 /// `is_colon_mergeable` matches `Int` and `Float` directly and
-/// `is_glob_mergeable` matches `Int`, so a numeral must still present its
+/// `is_glob_mergeable` matches both too, so a numeral must still present its
 /// ordinary shape while fusion decides.
 /// Spans are original-source coordinates by now, so `source[span]` is the
 /// exact word the author typed.
diff --git a/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/keyword_literal_words_tests.rs b/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/keyword_literal_words_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65f49065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/keyword_literal_words_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//! Reserved words remain reserved only when they occupy the whole word.
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]
+use kaish_kernel::ast::{Arg, Expr, Stmt, Value};
+use kaish_kernel::lexer::{tokenize, Token};
+use kaish_kernel::parser::parse;
+use kaish_kernel::{Kernel, KernelConfig};
+use rstest::rstest;
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("true:foo")]
+#[case("false:foo")]
+#[case("do:foo")]
+#[case("for:foo")]
+#[case("string:foo")]
+#[case("~/a:b")]
+#[case("a+b")]
+#[case("a+b+c")]
+#[case(".a+b")]
+#[case("123a+b")]
+fn literal_word_keeps_one_argument(#[case] word: &str) {
+    let program = parse(&format!("echo {word}")).unwrap();
+    let Stmt::Command(command) = &program.statements[0] else { panic!("{program:?}") };
+    assert_eq!(command.args, vec![Arg::Positional(Expr::Literal(Value::String(word.into())))]);
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("true*")]
+#[case("do?")]
+#[case("false[ab]")]
+fn keyword_prefixed_pattern_is_a_glob(#[case] word: &str) {
+    let tokens = tokenize(word).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tokens.len(), 1, "{tokens:?}");
+    assert_eq!(tokens[0].token, Token::GlobWord(word.into()));
+    parse(&format!("echo {word}")).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn whole_keywords_records_and_plus_flags_keep_their_meaning() {
+    let kernel = Kernel::new(KernelConfig::isolated()).unwrap();
+    let result = kernel.execute("set +e; x={enabled:true,disabled:false}; if true; then for item in do:foo true:foo; do echo $item; done; fi; echo ${x[enabled]} ${x[disabled]}").await.unwrap();
+    assert!(result.ok(), "{result:?}");
+    assert_eq!(result.text_out(), "do:foo\ntrue:foo\ntrue false\n");
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("+e").unwrap()[0].token, Token::PlusFlag("e".into()));
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("true").unwrap()[0].token, Token::True);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn colon_tilde_path_expands_home_and_keyword_glob_matches_files() {
+    let kernel = Kernel::new(KernelConfig::isolated().with_initial_vars(
+        [("HOME".into(), Value::String("/home/fixture".into()))].into())).unwrap();
+    let result = kernel.execute("echo ~/a:b; touch /true-one /true-two /other; cd /; echo true*").await.unwrap();
+    assert!(result.ok(), "{result:?}");
+    assert_eq!(result.text_out(), "/home/fixture/a:b\ntrue-one true-two\n");
+}
diff --git a/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/numeric_word_boundaries_tests.rs b/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/numeric_word_boundaries_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e694ca9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/kaish-kernel/tests/numeric_word_boundaries_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//! Numeric prefixes do not turn a literal filename into a malformed number.
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]
+use kaish_kernel::ast::{Arg, Expr, PipelineStage, Stmt, Value};
+use kaish_kernel::lexer::{tokenize, NumericLiteralData, Token};
+use kaish_kernel::parser::parse;
+use kaish_kernel::{Kernel, KernelConfig};
+use rstest::rstest;
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("123.txt")]
+#[case("123+b")]
+#[case("123@host")]
+#[case("1.0+2")]
+#[case("1.2.3")]
+#[case("1.0.txt")]
+#[case("007.0644.txt")]
+#[case("1.2rc1")]
+#[case("1.2.3-rc1")]
+#[case("123.日本語")]
+#[case("9223372036854775808.txt")]
+#[case(".123.txt")]
+fn numeric_prefixed_word_keeps_its_exact_text(#[case] word: &str) {
+    let tokens = tokenize(word).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tokens.len(), 1, "{word}: {tokens:?}");
+    assert_eq!(tokens[0].span, 0..word.len());
+    let program = parse(&format!("echo {word}")).unwrap();
+    let Stmt::Command(command) = &program.statements[0] else { panic!("{program:?}") };
+    assert_eq!(command.args, vec![Arg::Positional(Expr::Literal(Value::String(word.into())))]);
+    let program = parse(&format!("p={word}")).unwrap();
+    let Stmt::Assignment(assignment) = &program.statements[0] else { panic!("{program:?}") };
+    assert_eq!(assignment.value, Expr::Literal(Value::String(word.into())));
+    let program = parse(&format!("cat <{word}")).unwrap();
+    let Stmt::Pipeline(pipeline) = &program.statements[0] else { panic!("{program:?}") };
+    let PipelineStage::Command(command) = &pipeline.stages[0] else { panic!("{pipeline:?}") };
+    assert_eq!(command.redirects[0].target, Expr::Literal(Value::String(word.into())));
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("1.0*")]
+#[case("007.00*")]
+#[case("1.0?")]
+#[case("1.0[ab]")]
+fn float_prefixed_glob_keeps_its_source(#[case] word: &str) {
+    let tokens = tokenize(word).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tokens.len(), 1, "{tokens:?}");
+    assert_eq!(tokens[0].token, Token::GlobWord(word.into()));
+    assert_eq!(tokens[0].span, 0..word.len());
+    parse(&format!("echo {word}")).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn glob_matches_the_written_prefix_and_quotes_keep_it_literal() {
+    let kernel = Kernel::new(KernelConfig::isolated()).unwrap();
+    let result = kernel.execute("touch /1.0a /1.0b /1a /007.00a /7a; cd /").await.unwrap();
+    assert!(result.ok(), "{result:?}");
+    for (source, expected) in [("echo 1.0*", "1.0a 1.0b\n"), ("echo 007.00*", "007.00a\n"), ("echo \"1.0*\"", "1.0*\n")] {
+        let result = kernel.execute(source).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(result.ok(), "{result:?}");
+        assert_eq!(result.text_out(), expected);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scalar_number_contract_is_unchanged() {
+    for word in [".5", "5.", "9223372036854775808"] {
+        assert!(tokenize(word).is_err(), "{word} must remain invalid");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("1.0").unwrap()[0].token, Token::NumericLiteral(NumericLiteralData {
+        value: Value::Float(1.0), raw: "1.0".into(),
+    }));
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("123").unwrap()[0].token, Token::Int(123));
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("1.25").unwrap()[0].token, Token::Float(1.25));
+    assert_eq!(tokenize("007").unwrap()[0].token, Token::NumberIdent("007".into()));
+    parse("x=[1.0,2.0]; y={version:1.2.3}").unwrap();
+    assert!(parse("echo 1.2.3$tag").is_err());
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("echo 123.txt$x")]
+#[case("echo true:foo$x")]
+#[case("echo a+b$x")]
+#[case("echo 1.0*$x")]
+#[case("for x in 123.txt$tag; do echo $x; done")]
+#[case("cat <123.txt$x")]
+fn literal_word_still_cannot_join_an_expansion(#[case] source: &str) {
+    assert!(parse(source).is_err(), "{source}");
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case("123.txt", "123.txt")]
+#[case("true:foo", "true:foo")]
+#[case("+e", "+e")]
+#[case("1.0a", "1.0*")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn literal_words_and_globs_work_as_case_patterns(#[case] word: &str, #[case] pattern: &str) {
+    let kernel = Kernel::new(KernelConfig::isolated()).unwrap();
+    let result = kernel.execute(&format!("case '{word}' in {pattern}) echo match ;; *) echo miss ;; esac")).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(result.ok(), "{result:?}");
+    assert_eq!(result.text_out(), "match\n");
+}
diff --git a/docs/LANGUAGE.md b/docs/LANGUAGE.md
index c0c1026c..737e55a9 100644
--- a/docs/LANGUAGE.md
+++ b/docs/LANGUAGE.md
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ punctuation outside that set is still not a word character: `echo 100%` is an
 error, as it was before.)
 
 ```sh
+echo 123.txt 1.2.3 true:foo a+b # complete literal words
+ls 1.0*                       # glob keeps the written numeric prefix
 echo café
 cd ~/文書
 ls /tmp/日本語