diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/commandline/lists/navigation.ts b/frontend/src/ts/commandline/lists/navigation.ts
index 5f61c557a756..30fea09f3901 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/commandline/lists/navigation.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/commandline/lists/navigation.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isAuthenticated } from "../../states/core";
 import { toggleFullscreen } from "../../utils/misc";
 import { Command, withValidation } from "../types";
 import { remoteValidation } from "../../utils/remote-validation";
-import { UserNameSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
+import { UserNameWithoutFilterSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
 import Ape from "../../ape";
 
 const commands: Command[] = [
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const commands: Command[] = [
     icon: "fa-search",
     input: true,
     validation: {
-      schema: UserNameSchema,
+      schema: UserNameWithoutFilterSchema,
       debounceDelay: 1000,
       isValid: remoteValidation(
         async (name) => Ape.users.getProfile({ params: { uidOrName: name } }),
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/profile/ProfileSearchPage.tsx b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/profile/ProfileSearchPage.tsx
index d3989caae5e5..7fe44eae60d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/profile/ProfileSearchPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/profile/ProfileSearchPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { UserNameSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
+import { UserNameWithoutFilterSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
 import { createForm } from "@tanstack/solid-form";
 import { createEffect, createSignal, JSXElement, Show } from "solid-js";
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function ProfileSearchPage(): JSXElement {
               <form.Field
                 name="username"
                 validators={{
-                  onChange: fromSchema(UserNameSchema),
+                  onChange: fromSchema(UserNameWithoutFilterSchema),
                   onChangeAsyncDebounceMs: 1000,
                   onChangeAsync: async (field) => {
                     try {
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/pages/friends.ts b/frontend/src/ts/pages/friends.ts
index c485ea43890f..4da6ef1f5185 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/pages/friends.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/pages/friends.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { getAuthenticatedUser } from "../firebase";
 import * as ServerConfiguration from "../ape/server-configuration";
 import { authEvent } from "../events/auth";
 import { Connection } from "@monkeytype/schemas/connections";
-import { Friend, UserNameSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
+import { UserNameWithoutFilterSchema, Friend } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
 
 import { showLoaderBar, hideLoaderBar } from "../states/loader-bar";
 import { LocalStorageWithSchema } from "../utils/local-storage-with-schema";
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const addFriendModal = new SimpleModal({
       type: "text",
       initVal: "",
       validation: {
-        schema: UserNameSchema,
+        schema: UserNameWithoutFilterSchema,
         isValid: remoteValidation(
           async (name) => Ape.users.getNameAvailability({ params: { name } }),
           { check: (data) => !data.available || "Unknown user" },
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/utils/misc.ts b/frontend/src/ts/utils/misc.ts
index cd8b132620d3..85dea5657d0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/utils/misc.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { lastElementFromArray } from "./arrays";
 import { Config } from "@monkeytype/schemas/configs";
 import { Mode, Mode2, PersonalBests } from "@monkeytype/schemas/shared";
 import { Result } from "@monkeytype/schemas/results";
-import { RankAndCount, UserNameSchema } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
+import { RankAndCount } from "@monkeytype/schemas/users";
 import { roundTo2 } from "@monkeytype/util/numbers";
 import { animate, AnimationParams } from "animejs";
 import { ElementWithUtils } from "./dom";
@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ export function escapeHTML<T extends string | null | undefined>(str: T): T {
   return str.replace(/[&<>"'/`]/g, (char) => escapeMap[char] as string) as T;
 }
 
-export function isUsernameValid(name: string): boolean {
-  if (name === null || name === undefined || name === "") return false;
-  return UserNameSchema.safeParse(name).success;
-}
-
 export function clearTimeouts(timeouts: (number | NodeJS.Timeout)[]): void {
   timeouts.forEach((to) => {
     if (typeof to === "number") clearTimeout(to);
diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/users.ts b/packages/schemas/src/users.ts
index e17cd691d631..a02ef4783f0d 100644
--- a/packages/schemas/src/users.ts
+++ b/packages/schemas/src/users.ts
@@ -235,9 +235,18 @@ export const FavoriteQuotesSchema = z.record(
 export type FavoriteQuotes = z.infer<typeof FavoriteQuotesSchema>;
 
 export const UserEmailSchema = z.string().email();
+
+/**
+ * username schema without profanity check
+ */
+export const UserNameWithoutFilterSchema = slug().min(1).max(16);
+
+/**
+ * username schema with profanity check
+ */
 export const UserNameSchema = doesNotContainDisallowedWords(
   "substring",
-  slug().min(1).max(16),
+  UserNameWithoutFilterSchema,
 );
 
 export const UserSchema = z.object({