diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/nostr/nostr.v b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/nostr/nostr.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0fad10ddb75cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/nostr/nostr.v
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module nostr
+
+// Mirrors `toml.Any`: the same short type names as `withstr`, without `str` methods.
+pub type Any = []Any | map[string]Any | int | string
+
+pub fn (a Any) string() string {
+	match a {
+		string { return a.clone() }
+		else { return a.str() }
+	}
+}
+
+pub fn (a []Any) text() string {
+	return a.str()
+}
+
+pub struct Point {
+pub:
+	x int
+}
+
+pub fn (p Point) text() string {
+	return p.str()
+}
+
+pub enum Color {
+	red
+}
+
+pub fn (c Color) text() string {
+	return c.str()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/same_name_types_str_methods_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/same_name_types_str_methods_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..842bbef7315565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/same_name_types_str_methods_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+module main
+
+import nostr
+import withstr
+
+// A `str` method declared for `withstr.Any`, `[]withstr.Any` or
+// `map[string]withstr.Any` must not be used to stringify the same-named types
+// from `nostr` (`json2.Any` vs `toml.Any`).
+fn test_sum_type_str_does_not_use_same_named_type_methods() {
+	arr := nostr.Any([nostr.Any(1), nostr.Any('s')])
+	for s in [arr.string(), arr.str(), '${arr}'] {
+		assert !s.contains('withstr'), s
+		assert s.starts_with('Any(['), s
+	}
+	m := nostr.Any({
+		'k': nostr.Any(2)
+	})
+	for s in [m.string(), m.str(), '${m}'] {
+		assert !s.contains('withstr'), s
+		assert s.starts_with('Any({'), s
+	}
+	assert nostr.Any(3).string() == 'Any(3)'
+	assert nostr.Any('x').string() == 'x'
+	assert withstr.Any(1).str() == 'withstr-any'
+}
+
+fn test_array_and_map_str_do_not_use_same_named_type_methods() {
+	arr := [nostr.Any(1), nostr.Any('s')]
+	for s in [arr.str(), arr.text(), '${arr}'] {
+		assert !s.contains('withstr'), s
+		assert s.contains('Any(1)'), s
+		assert s.contains("Any('s')"), s
+	}
+	m := {
+		'k': nostr.Any(2)
+	}
+	for s in [m.str(), '${m}'] {
+		assert !s.contains('withstr'), s
+		assert s.contains('Any(2)'), s
+	}
+	assert [withstr.Any(1)].str() == 'withstr-array'
+	assert {
+		'k': withstr.Any(1)
+	}.str() == 'withstr-map'
+}
+
+fn test_struct_and_enum_str_do_not_use_same_named_type_methods() {
+	p := nostr.Point{
+		x: 7
+	}
+	for s in [p.str(), p.text(), '${p}'] {
+		assert !s.contains('withstr'), s
+		assert s.contains('x: 7'), s
+	}
+	c := nostr.Color.red
+	for s in [c.str(), c.text(), '${c}'] {
+		assert s == 'red', s
+	}
+	assert withstr.Point{}.str() == 'withstr-point'
+	assert withstr.Color.red.str() == 'withstr-color'
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/toml_and_json2_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/toml_and_json2_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b160004174bad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/toml_and_json2_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import toml
+import x.json2
+
+struct TomlJson2Config {
+	key string
+}
+
+// `toml.Any` has no `str` for its `[]Any` variant while `json2.Any` does; using
+// both modules in one program must not route `toml.Any` through `json2.[]Any.str`.
+fn test_toml_decode_and_json2_encode_in_one_program() {
+	t := toml.decode[TomlJson2Config]('key = "val"')!
+	assert t.key == 'val'
+	assert t.str().contains("key: 'val'")
+	assert json2.encode[TomlJson2Config](t) == '{"key":"val"}'
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/withstr/withstr.v b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/withstr/withstr.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..92129eb0ccf11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/same_name_types_str_methods/withstr/withstr.v
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+module withstr
+
+// Mirrors `json2.Any`: `str` methods on the sum type, its array and its map.
+pub type Any = []Any | map[string]Any | int | string
+
+pub fn (a []Any) str() string {
+	return 'withstr-array'
+}
+
+pub fn (m map[string]Any) str() string {
+	return 'withstr-map'
+}
+
+pub fn (a Any) str() string {
+	return 'withstr-any'
+}
+
+pub struct Point {
+pub:
+	x int
+}
+
+pub fn (p Point) str() string {
+	return 'withstr-point'
+}
+
+pub enum Color {
+	red
+}
+
+pub fn (c Color) str() string {
+	return 'withstr-color'
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/transform/fn.v b/vlib/v/transform/fn.v
index 3e97f03d076934..7063f4335b90e0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/transform/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/transform/fn.v
@@ -407,7 +407,9 @@ fn (t &Transformer) resolve_receiver_method_for_type_uncached(receiver_type stri
 			}
 		}
 		if !isnil(t.tc) {
-			if method_name := t.tc.concrete_method_signature_key(clean_type, method) {
+			if method_name := t.tc.concrete_method_signature_key(t.local_receiver_type_name(clean_type),
+				method)
+			{
 				if t.is_known_fn_name(method_name) {
 					return method_name
 				}
@@ -418,7 +420,13 @@ fn (t &Transformer) resolve_receiver_method_for_type_uncached(receiver_type stri
 			return direct
 		}
 		if declared := t.declared_receiver_method(clean_type, method) {
-			return declared
+			// `declared` is the source spelling (`Any.str`); the suffix index names
+			// the module that registered it (`json2.Any.str`).
+			registered := t.receiver_method_suffix_index[declared] or { '' }
+			if registered == '' || registered == receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous
+				|| t.receiver_owns_method(clean_type, registered) {
+				return declared
+			}
 		}
 		if clean_type.starts_with('main.') && !clean_type['main.'.len..].contains('.') {
 			main_receiver := clean_type['main.'.len..]
@@ -539,7 +547,9 @@ fn (t &Transformer) resolve_receiver_method_for_type_uncached(receiver_type stri
 		}
 	}
 	if method_name := t.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(t.receiver_method_candidates(clean_type, method)) {
-		return method_name
+		if t.receiver_owns_method(clean_type, method_name) {
+			return method_name
+		}
 	}
 	if !isnil(t.tc) {
 		if target := t.alias_target_type_preserving_main_lock(clean_type) {
@@ -553,6 +563,39 @@ fn (t &Transformer) resolve_receiver_method_for_type_uncached(receiver_type stri
 	return none
 }
 
+// local_receiver_type_name qualifies a bare receiver type, or the element type of
+// a bare array receiver, that names a struct, sum type or enum declared in the
+// current dependency module (`Any` -> `toml.Any`), so the type checker does not
+// resolve it against a same-named type from another module.
+fn (t &Transformer) local_receiver_type_name(clean_type string) string {
+	if isnil(t.tc) || !transform_can_prefix_collection_receiver(t.cur_module) {
+		return clean_type
+	}
+	mut elem := clean_type
+	for elem.starts_with('[]') {
+		elem = elem[2..]
+	}
+	if elem.len == 0 || elem.contains('.') || elem.contains('[') {
+		return clean_type
+	}
+	qualified := '${t.cur_module}.${elem}'
+	if qualified in t.tc.structs || qualified in t.tc.sum_types || qualified in t.tc.enum_names {
+		return clean_type[..clean_type.len - elem.len] + qualified
+	}
+	return clean_type
+}
+
+// receiver_owns_method reports whether `method_name`, found by its short receiver
+// spelling, is declared for `clean_type` rather than for a same-named type from
+// another module (`json2.[]Any.str` must not stringify a `[]toml.Any`).
+fn (t &Transformer) receiver_owns_method(clean_type string, method_name string) bool {
+	if isnil(t.tc) {
+		return true
+	}
+	receiver := t.tc.parse_type(t.local_receiver_type_name(clean_type))
+	return t.tc.suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver, method_name)
+}
+
 fn (t &Transformer) resolve_imported_flattened_generic_receiver_method(receiver_type string, method string) ?string {
 	if receiver_type.contains('.') || !receiver_type.contains('_')
 		|| t.bare_struct_name_is_local_to_current_module(receiver_type) {
diff --git a/vlib/v/types/checker_tail.v b/vlib/v/types/checker_tail.v
index ab142f42852ba0..de8b9824ab8f27 100644
--- a/vlib/v/types/checker_tail.v
+++ b/vlib/v/types/checker_tail.v
@@ -5641,7 +5641,7 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) unknown_method_call_parts(node flat.Node) ?(flat.Node, Type
 			return none
 		}
 	}
-	if _ := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(method_candidates) {
+	if _ := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(receiver_type, method_candidates) {
 		return none
 	}
 	if receiver_type is Struct {
@@ -8116,7 +8116,7 @@ fn (mut tc TypeChecker) resolve_call_info_uncached(id flat.NodeId, node flat.Nod
 					return tc.call_info(mname, true)
 				}
 			}
-			if mname := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(array_candidates) {
+			if mname := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(clean_array, array_candidates) {
 				return tc.call_info(mname, true)
 			}
 			if fn_node.value == 'get' {
diff --git a/vlib/v/types/checker_tail_stmt.v b/vlib/v/types/checker_tail_stmt.v
index 4aa4e67598eb29..7247714df36eb7 100644
--- a/vlib/v/types/checker_tail_stmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/types/checker_tail_stmt.v
@@ -10886,7 +10886,8 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) concrete_method_signature_key_seen(concrete_name string, me
 				return candidate
 			}
 			if indexed := tc.receiver_method_suffix_index[candidate] {
-				if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous {
+				if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous
+					&& tc.suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver_type.base_type, indexed) {
 					return indexed
 				}
 			}
@@ -10894,7 +10895,8 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) concrete_method_signature_key_seen(concrete_name string, me
 	}
 	for candidate in receiver_candidates {
 		if indexed := tc.receiver_method_suffix_index[candidate] {
-			if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous {
+			if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous
+				&& tc.suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver_type, indexed) {
 				return indexed
 			}
 		}
@@ -10910,7 +10912,8 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) concrete_method_signature_key_seen(concrete_name string, me
 		}
 	}
 	if indexed := tc.receiver_method_suffix_index[key] {
-		if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous {
+		if indexed != receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous
+			&& tc.suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver_type, indexed) {
 			return indexed
 		}
 	}
@@ -16216,7 +16219,7 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) resolve_type_uncached(id flat.NodeId) Type {
 							return tc.alias_return_type_from_text(mname) or { ret }
 						}
 					}
-					if mname := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(candidates) {
+					if mname := tc.unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(clean_type, candidates) {
 						return tc.alias_return_type_from_text(mname) or {
 							tc.fn_ret_types[mname] or {
 								unknown_type('unknown return type for `${mname}`')
@@ -18395,13 +18398,16 @@ fn push_receiver_method_candidate(mut names []string, name string) {
 	}
 }
 
-fn (tc &TypeChecker) unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(candidates []string) ?string {
+fn (tc &TypeChecker) unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(receiver Type, candidates []string) ?string {
 	mut found := ''
 	for candidate in candidates {
 		name := tc.receiver_method_suffix_index[candidate] or { continue }
 		if name == receiver_method_suffix_ambiguous {
 			return none
 		}
+		if !tc.suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver, name) {
+			continue
+		}
 		if found != '' && found != name {
 			return none
 		}
@@ -18413,6 +18419,62 @@ fn (tc &TypeChecker) unique_receiver_method_suffix_match(candidates []string) ?s
 	return found
 }
 
+// suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver reports whether `indexed`, a method found
+// through the short-name `receiver_method_suffix_index`, can belong to `receiver`.
+// The index drops module prefixes, so a `[]toml.Any` receiver also reaches
+// `json2.[]Any.str`; a method of a same-named type from another module must not
+// bind to it.
+pub fn (tc &TypeChecker) suffix_indexed_method_fits_receiver(receiver Type, indexed string) bool {
+	owner := tc.receiver_owner_module(receiver) or { return true }
+	return owner == type_owner_module(indexed.all_before_last('.'))
+}
+
+// receiver_owner_module returns the module declaring the struct, sum type or enum
+// whose methods `receiver` uses (the element or value type of arrays and maps).
+// Aliases, interfaces and structs with embedded fields can inherit methods that
+// are declared in other modules, so they report none.
+fn (tc &TypeChecker) receiver_owner_module(receiver Type) ?string {
+	mut t := receiver
+	for {
+		if t is Pointer {
+			t = t.base_type
+		} else if t is Array {
+			t = t.elem_type
+		} else if t is ArrayFixed {
+			t = t.elem_type
+		} else if t is Map {
+			t = t.value_type
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if t is Struct {
+		if tc.struct_fields_for_type(t.name).any(it.is_embed) {
+			return none
+		}
+		return type_owner_module(t.name)
+	}
+	if t is SumType {
+		return type_owner_module(t.name)
+	}
+	if t is Enum {
+		return type_owner_module(t.name)
+	}
+	return none
+}
+
+// type_owner_module returns the module part of a type or method receiver name
+// (`json2.Any`, `json2.[]Any`, `json2.Box[T]` -> `json2`). Main and builtin
+// declarations are not module-qualified, so they all map to ''.
+fn type_owner_module(name string) string {
+	head := name.all_before('[')
+	if !head.contains('.') {
+		return ''
+	}
+	module_name := head.all_before_last('.').all_after_last('.')
+	return if module_name in ['main', 'builtin'] { '' } else { module_name }
+}
+
 fn module_can_prefix_collection_receiver(module_name string) bool {
 	return module_name != '' && module_name != 'main' && module_name != 'builtin'
 }