diff --git a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.spec.tsx
index 9f4fd3e2f..2c03b4432 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.spec.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.spec.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import type { NodeReplacement } from '../../replace-components/component-replacer'
-import { ComponentReplacer, DO_NOT_REPLACE } from '../../replace-components/component-replacer'
+import { ComponentReplacer, DO_NOT_REPLACE, ReplacerPriority } from '../../replace-components/component-replacer'
 import { NodeToReactTransformer } from './node-to-react-transformer'
 import { Element } from 'domhandler'
 import type { ReactElement, ReactHTMLElement } from 'react'
@@ -37,6 +37,56 @@ describe('node to react transformer', () => {
       expect(translation).toEqual(null)
     })
 
+    it('will prioritize a high priority replacer over a normal priority replacer', () => {
+      nodeToReactTransformer.setReplacers([
+        new (class extends ComponentReplacer {
+          getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+            return ReplacerPriority.NORMAL
+          }
+
+          replace(): NodeReplacement {
+            return <span>Replacer O</span>
+          }
+        })(),
+        new (class extends ComponentReplacer {
+          getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+            return ReplacerPriority.HIGHER
+          }
+
+          replace(): NodeReplacement {
+            return <span>Replacer X</span>
+          }
+        })()
+      ])
+      const translation = nodeToReactTransformer.translateNodeToReactElement(defaultTestSpanElement, 1) as ReactElement
+      expect(translation).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+
+    it('will prioritize a normal priority replacer over a low priority replacer', () => {
+      nodeToReactTransformer.setReplacers([
+        new (class extends ComponentReplacer {
+          getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+            return ReplacerPriority.LOWER
+          }
+
+          replace(): NodeReplacement {
+            return <span>Replacer M</span>
+          }
+        })(),
+        new (class extends ComponentReplacer {
+          getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+            return ReplacerPriority.NORMAL
+          }
+
+          replace(): NodeReplacement {
+            return <span>Replacer Y</span>
+          }
+        })()
+      ])
+      const translation = nodeToReactTransformer.translateNodeToReactElement(defaultTestSpanElement, 1) as ReactElement
+      expect(translation).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+
     it('can translate an element with no matching replacer', () => {
       nodeToReactTransformer.setReplacers([
         new (class extends ComponentReplacer {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.tsx
index a7d2027d7..fb2534f63 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-to-react/utils/node-to-react-transformer.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,19 @@ export class NodeToReactTransformer {
   }
 
   public setReplacers(replacers: ComponentReplacer[]): void {
-    this.replacers = replacers
+    this.replacers = new Array(...replacers).sort(this.compareReplacers.bind(this))
+  }
+
+  private compareReplacers(replacerA: ComponentReplacer, replacerB: ComponentReplacer): number {
+    const priorityA = replacerA.getPriority()
+    const priorityB = replacerB.getPriority()
+    if (priorityA === priorityB) {
+      return 0
+    } else if (priorityA < priorityB) {
+      return -1
+    } else {
+      return 1
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer.ts b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer.ts
index 4d77f1749..d05c682ca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export const DO_NOT_REPLACE = Symbol()
 
 export type NodeReplacement = ValidReactDomElement | typeof DO_NOT_REPLACE
 
+export enum ReplacerPriority {
+  LOWER = 1,
+  NORMAL = 0,
+  HIGHER = -1
+}
+
 /**
  * Base class for all component replacers.
  * Component replacers detect structures in the HTML DOM from markdown it
@@ -65,4 +71,13 @@ export abstract class ComponentReplacer {
     subNodeTransform: SubNodeTransform,
     nativeRenderer: NativeRenderer
   ): NodeReplacement
+
+  /**
+   * Defines that a replacer should be preferred more or less than other replacers.
+   *
+   * @return the replacer priority that gets compared to others.
+   */
+  public getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+    return ReplacerPriority.NORMAL
+  }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/highlighted-code-fence/highlighted-code-replacer.tsx b/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/highlighted-code-fence/highlighted-code-replacer.tsx
index 5ed2ff893..e0dfce7e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/highlighted-code-fence/highlighted-code-replacer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/highlighted-code-fence/highlighted-code-replacer.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import HighlightedCode from '../../../components/common/highlighted-code/highlighted-code'
+import type { NodeReplacement } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer'
 import {
   ComponentReplacer,
-  DO_NOT_REPLACE
+  DO_NOT_REPLACE,
+  ReplacerPriority
 } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer'
-import type { NodeReplacement } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer'
 import type { Element } from 'domhandler'
 import React from 'react'
 
@@ -56,4 +57,8 @@ export class HighlightedCodeReplacer extends ComponentReplacer {
   reset() {
     this.lastLineNumber = 0
   }
+
+  getPriority(): ReplacerPriority {
+    return ReplacerPriority.LOWER
+  }
 }