diff --git a/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.vue b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.vue
index bed37bd9c32..3a695d07daf 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.vue
+++ b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.vue
@@ -89,7 +89,17 @@ export default {
         },
 
         normalizedOptions() {
-            return this.normalizeInputOptions(this.options);
+            const options = this.normalizeInputOptions(this.options);
+
+            // Multi-select renders its selections from the slot below, so the options can be left alone.
+            if (this.multiple) return options;
+
+            // In single mode the Combobox resolves the selected label from these options, and the fetched
+            // options may not include the stored value (API-backed dictionaries only return a page of
+            // results), so merge the selected options in or it would display the raw value instead.
+            const values = new Set(options.map((option) => option.value));
+
+            return [...options, ...this.selectedOptions.filter((option) => !values.has(option.value))];
         },
 
         selectedOptions() {
diff --git a/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.test.js b/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74fdc0364e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { mount, flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+window.__ = (key) => key;
+window.__n = (key) => key;
+window.utf8btoa = (string) => btoa(string);
+
+import DictionaryFieldtype from '@/components/fieldtypes/DictionaryFieldtype.vue';
+
+function mountFieldtype({ value, maxItems, selectedOptions, fetchedOptions, shallow = false }) {
+    return mount(DictionaryFieldtype, {
+        shallow,
+        props: {
+            handle: 'country',
+            value,
+            config: { max_items: maxItems },
+            meta: { url: '/cp/fieldtypes/dictionaries/partial_countries', selectedOptions },
+        },
+        global: {
+            mocks: {
+                $axios: { get: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ data: { data: fetchedOptions } })) },
+            },
+        },
+    });
+}
+
+describe('DictionaryFieldtype options', () => {
+    // API-backed dictionaries only return a page of options, which may not include the stored value.
+    // The preloaded selected options must be merged into the options passed to the Combobox so it can
+    // resolve their labels — otherwise a single-select field displays the raw id instead.
+    // https://github.com/statamic/cms/issues/14835
+    test('single-select renders the label of a stored value missing from the fetched options', async () => {
+        const fieldtype = mountFieldtype({
+            value: 'de',
+            maxItems: 1,
+            selectedOptions: [{ value: 'de', label: 'Germany', invalid: false }],
+            fetchedOptions: [],
+        });
+        await flushPromises();
+
+        const selected = fieldtype.find('[data-ui-combobox-selected-option]');
+        expect(selected.text()).toContain('Germany');
+        expect(selected.text()).not.toContain('de');
+    });
+
+    test('selected options already present in the fetched options are not duplicated', async () => {
+        const fieldtype = mountFieldtype({
+            value: 'de',
+            maxItems: 1,
+            selectedOptions: [{ value: 'de', label: 'Germany', invalid: false }],
+            fetchedOptions: [{ value: 'de', label: 'Germany' }],
+            shallow: true,
+        });
+        await flushPromises();
+
+        expect(fieldtype.vm.normalizedOptions).toEqual([{ value: 'de', label: 'Germany' }]);
+    });
+
+    test('multi-select options are not polluted with selected options', async () => {
+        const fieldtype = mountFieldtype({
+            value: ['de'],
+            maxItems: null,
+            selectedOptions: [{ value: 'de', label: 'Germany', invalid: false }],
+            fetchedOptions: [{ value: 'ca', label: 'Canada' }],
+            shallow: true,
+        });
+        await flushPromises();
+
+        expect(fieldtype.vm.normalizedOptions).toEqual([{ value: 'ca', label: 'Canada' }]);
+    });
+});