diff --git a/compiler/can/src/scope.rs b/compiler/can/src/scope.rs
index 25e10274d3..7546f25279 100644
--- a/compiler/can/src/scope.rs
+++ b/compiler/can/src/scope.rs
@@ -431,14 +431,10 @@ impl ScopedIdentIds {
     }
 
     fn has_in_scope(&self, ident: &Ident) -> Option<(Symbol, Region)> {
-        for index in self.in_scope.iter_ones() {
-            if let Some((ident_id, string)) = self.ident_ids.get_name_at_index(index) {
-                if string == ident.as_str() {
-                    return Some((
-                        Symbol::new(self.home, ident_id),
-                        self.regions[ident_id.index()],
-                    ));
-                }
+        for ident_id in self.ident_ids.get_id_many(ident) {
+            let index = ident_id.index();
+            if self.in_scope[index] {
+                return Some((Symbol::new(self.home, ident_id), self.regions[index]));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/collections/src/small_string_interner.rs b/compiler/collections/src/small_string_interner.rs
index 387e6fcd2c..9859767b44 100644
--- a/compiler/collections/src/small_string_interner.rs
+++ b/compiler/collections/src/small_string_interner.rs
@@ -86,22 +86,30 @@ impl SmallStringInterner {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn find_index(&self, string: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.find_indices(string).next()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn find_indices<'a>(&'a self, string: &'a str) -> impl Iterator<Item = usize> + 'a {
         let target_length = string.len() as u16;
 
         // there can be gaps in the parts of the string that we use (because of updates)
         // hence we can't just sum the lengths we've seen so far to get the next offset
-        for (index, length) in self.lengths.iter().enumerate() {
-            if *length == target_length {
-                let offset = self.offsets[index];
-                let slice = &self.buffer[offset as usize..][..*length as usize];
+        self.lengths
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(move |(index, length)| {
+                if *length == target_length {
+                    let offset = self.offsets[index];
+                    let slice = &self.buffer[offset as usize..][..*length as usize];
 
-                if string.as_bytes() == slice {
-                    return Some(index);
+                    if string.as_bytes() == slice {
+                        return Some(index);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        }
 
-        None
+                None
+            })
     }
 
     fn get(&self, index: usize) -> &str {
diff --git a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
index 3e0fe96d77..ab7385ed28 100644
--- a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
@@ -580,14 +580,15 @@ impl IdentIds {
             .map(|i| IdentId(i as u32))
     }
 
-    pub fn get_name(&self, id: IdentId) -> Option<&str> {
-        self.interner.try_get(id.0 as usize)
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn get_id_many<'a>(&'a self, ident_name: &'a Ident) -> impl Iterator<Item = IdentId> + 'a {
+        self.interner
+            .find_indices(ident_name.as_str())
+            .map(|i| IdentId(i as u32))
     }
 
-    pub fn get_name_at_index(&self, index: usize) -> Option<(IdentId, &str)> {
-        self.interner
-            .try_get(index)
-            .map(|v| (IdentId(index as u32), v))
+    pub fn get_name(&self, id: IdentId) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.interner.try_get(id.0 as usize)
     }
 
     pub fn get_name_str_res(&self, ident_id: IdentId) -> ModuleResult<&str> {