diff --git a/packages/core/src/hydration/error_handling.ts b/packages/core/src/hydration/error_handling.ts
index ccfe1fdffbb8..effd19bdee95 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hydration/error_handling.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hydration/error_handling.ts
@@ -64,13 +64,17 @@ export function validateMatchingNode(
   tNode: TNode,
   isViewContainerAnchor = false,
 ): void {
+  const hasStaticTextContentMismatch = hasTextContentMismatch(node, tNode);
+
   if (
     !node ||
     (node as Node).nodeType !== nodeType ||
+    hasStaticTextContentMismatch ||
     ((node as Node).nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE &&
       (node as HTMLElement).tagName.toLowerCase() !== tagName?.toLowerCase())
   ) {
-    const expectedNode = shortRNodeDescription(nodeType, tagName, null);
+    const expectedTextContent = hasStaticTextContentMismatch ? tNode.value : null;
+    const expectedNode = shortRNodeDescription(nodeType, tagName, expectedTextContent);
     let header = `During hydration Angular expected ${expectedNode} but `;
 
     const hostComponentDef = getDeclarationComponentDef(lView);
@@ -120,6 +124,16 @@ export function validateMatchingNode(
   }
 }
 
+function hasTextContentMismatch(node: RNode | null, tNode: TNode): boolean {
+  return (
+    node !== null &&
+    (node as Node).nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE &&
+    tNode.type === TNodeType.Text &&
+    tNode.value.length > 0 &&
+    (node as Node).textContent !== tNode.value
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Validates that a given node has sibling nodes
  */
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/full_app_hydration_spec.ts b/packages/platform-server/test/full_app_hydration_spec.ts
index ca0c1c58924a..b62341fc4e30 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/full_app_hydration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/full_app_hydration_spec.ts
@@ -6174,6 +6174,41 @@ describe('platform-server full application hydration integration', () => {
         });
       });
 
+      it('should detect static text content mismatch', async () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'app',
+          template: `
+            <ul>
+              <li><span>Alice</span><button>Delete</button></li>
+            </ul>
+          `,
+        })
+        class SimpleComponent {
+          private doc = inject(DOCUMENT);
+          private isServer = isPlatformServer(inject(PLATFORM_ID));
+
+          ngAfterViewInit() {
+            if (this.isServer) {
+              const injectedItem = this.doc.createElement('li');
+              injectedItem.innerHTML = '<span>Sponsored</span><button>Visit ad</button>';
+              this.doc.querySelector('li')?.before(injectedItem);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        const html = await ssr(SimpleComponent);
+
+        resetTViewsFor(SimpleComponent);
+
+        await expectAsync(
+          prepareEnvironmentAndHydrate(doc, html, SimpleComponent, {
+            envProviders: [withNoopErrorHandler()],
+          }),
+        ).toBeRejectedWithError(
+          /During hydration Angular expected a text node \(with the "Alice" content\) but found a text node \(with the "Sponsored" content\)/,
+        );
+      });
+
       it('should not crash when a node can not be found during hydration', async () => {
         @Component({
           selector: 'app',