diff --git a/packages/utils/src/emoji/regex/create.ts b/packages/utils/src/emoji/regex/create.ts
index b5e8f73..a2c5646 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/emoji/regex/create.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/emoji/regex/create.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getEmojiSequenceFromString } from '../cleanup';
 import { convertEmojiSequenceToUTF32 } from '../convert';
-import { addOptionalEmojiVariations } from '../test/variations';
+import { addQualifiedEmojiVariations } from '../test/variations';
 import { createEmojisTree, parseEmojiTree } from './tree';
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function createOptimisedRegex(
 	);
 
 	// Add variations
-	sequences = addOptionalEmojiVariations(sequences, testData);
+	sequences = addQualifiedEmojiVariations(sequences, testData);
 
 	// Parse
 	return createOptimisedRegexForEmojiSequences(sequences);
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/parse.ts b/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/parse.ts
index 88dda10..2f1a0b6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/parse.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/parse.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type EmojiStatus =
 	| 'fully-qualified'
 	| 'minimally-qualified'
 	| 'unqualified';
-const componentStatus: EmojiStatus = 'component';
+export const componentStatus: EmojiStatus = 'component';
 
 // Allowed status values, in order of conversion
 const allowedStatus: Set<EmojiStatus> = new Set([
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/variations.ts b/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/variations.ts
index ac34192..b4fb2d5 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/variations.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/emoji/test/variations.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function guessQualifiedEmojiSequence(sequence: number[]): number[] {
 }
 
 /**
- * Add optional variations to emojis
+ * Add qualified variations to emojis
  *
  * Also converts list to UTF-32 as needed
  *
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ export function guessQualifiedEmojiSequence(sequence: number[]): number[] {
  * If missing or emoji is missing in test data, `FE0F` is added to every single code emoji.
  * It can also be an array of sequences.
  */
-export function addOptionalEmojiVariations(
+export function addQualifiedEmojiVariations(
 	sequences: number[][],
 	testData?: (number[] | EmojiTestDataItem)[]
 ): number[][];
-export function addOptionalEmojiVariations(
+export function addQualifiedEmojiVariations(
 	sequences: number[][],
 	testData: (number[] | EmojiTestDataItem)[],
 	toString: (value: number[]) => string
 ): string[];
-export function addOptionalEmojiVariations(
+export function addQualifiedEmojiVariations(
 	sequences: number[][],
 	testData: (number[] | EmojiTestDataItem)[] = [],
 	toString?: (value: number[]) => string
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index ef1310b..437bdaf 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export {
 	parseEmojiTestFile,
 	getQualifiedEmojiSequencesMap,
 } from './emoji/test/parse';
-export { addOptionalEmojiVariations } from './emoji/test/variations';
+export { addQualifiedEmojiVariations as addOptionalEmojiVariations } from './emoji/test/variations';
 export {
 	createOptimisedRegex,
 	createOptimisedRegexForEmojiSequences,
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/emoji-optional-variations-test.ts b/packages/utils/tests/emoji-optional-variations-test.ts
index bdbbeb6..efda51d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tests/emoji-optional-variations-test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/emoji-optional-variations-test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import {
 	getQualifiedEmojiSequencesMap,
 	parseEmojiTestFile,
 } from '../lib/emoji/test/parse';
-import { addOptionalEmojiVariations } from '../lib/emoji/test/variations';
+import { addQualifiedEmojiVariations } from '../lib/emoji/test/variations';
 
-describe('Optional variations of emoji sequences', () => {
+describe('Qualified variations of emoji sequences', () => {
 	it('Variations without data', () => {
 		const sequences = [
 			// simple emoji, twice to check duplicates
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Optional variations of emoji sequences', () => {
 			'1F9D7 1F3FE 200D 2640 FE0F',
 			'1F9D7 1F3FF 200D 2642 ',
 		].map(getEmojiSequenceFromString);
-		const results = addOptionalEmojiVariations(sequences);
+		const results = addQualifiedEmojiVariations(sequences);
 		expect(
 			results.map((sequence) =>
 				getEmojiSequenceString(sequence, {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('Optional variations of emoji sequences', () => {
 			// fake keycap, not in test file
 			'2345 20E3 200D 1235',
 		].map(getEmojiSequenceFromString);
-		const results = addOptionalEmojiVariations(
+		const results = addQualifiedEmojiVariations(
 			sequences,
 			testDataSequences
 		);