diff --git a/packages/blocks/src/store/test/selectors.js b/packages/blocks/src/store/test/selectors.js
index ea24fcd7d855b..2f37ed006042c 100644
--- a/packages/blocks/src/store/test/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/blocks/src/store/test/selectors.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { getChildBlockNames } from '../selectors';
+import {
+	getChildBlockNames,
+	isMatchingSearchTerm,
+} from '../selectors';
 
 describe( 'selectors', () => {
 	describe( 'getChildBlockNames', () => {
@@ -134,4 +137,66 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 			expect( getChildBlockNames( state, 'parent2' ) ).toEqual( [ 'child2' ] );
 		} );
 	} );
+
+	describe( 'isMatchingSearchTerm', () => {
+		const name = 'core/paragraph';
+		const blockType = {
+			title: 'Paragraph',
+			category: 'common',
+			keywords: [ 'text' ],
+		};
+
+		const state = {
+			blockTypes: {
+				[ name ]: blockType,
+			},
+		};
+
+		describe.each( [
+			[ 'name', name ],
+			[ 'block type', blockType ],
+		] )( 'by %s', ( label, nameOrType ) => {
+			it( 'should return false if not match', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'Quote' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( false );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match by title', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'Paragraph' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match ignoring case', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'PARAGRAPH' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match ignoring diacritics', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'PÁRAGRAPH' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match ignoring whitespace', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, '  PARAGRAPH  ' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match using the keywords', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'TEXT' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should return true if match using the categories', () => {
+				const result = isMatchingSearchTerm( state, nameOrType, 'COMMON' );
+
+				expect( result ).toBe( true );
+			} );
+		} );
+	} );
 } );