diff --git a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
index f5d71fd9eb4..8cfee94484d 100644
--- a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
+++ b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
@@ -1480,9 +1480,9 @@ func (p *GatewayAPIProcessor) computeHTTPRouteForListener(
 				timeoutPolicy)
 		}
 
-		// check all the routes whether there is conflict against previous rules
+		// Check all the routes whether there is conflict against previous rules.
 		if !p.hasConflictRoute(listener, hosts, routes) {
-			// add the route if there is conflict
+			// Add the route if there is no conflict at the same rule level.
 			// Add each route to the relevant vhost(s)/svhosts(s).
 			for host := range hosts {
 				for _, route := range routes {
@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@ func (p *GatewayAPIProcessor) computeHTTPRouteForListener(
 		// No rules under the route is valid, mark it as not accepted.
 		addRouteNotAcceptedConditionDueToMatchConflict(routeAccessor, KindHTTPRoute)
 	} else if invalidRuleCnt > 0 {
+		// Some of the rules are conflicted, mark it as partially invalid.
 		addRoutePartiallyInvalidConditionDueToMatchPartiallyConflict(routeAccessor, KindHTTPRoute)
 	}
 }
@@ -1657,9 +1658,9 @@ func (p *GatewayAPIProcessor) computeGRPCRouteForListener(route *gatewayapi_v1.G
 			nil,
 		)
 
-		// check all the routes whether there is conflict against previous rules
+		// Check all the routes whether there is conflict against previous rules.
 		if !p.hasConflictRoute(listener, hosts, routes) {
-			// add the route if there is conflict
+			// Add the route if there is no conflict at the same rule level.
 			// Add each route to the relevant vhost(s)/svhosts(s).
 			for host := range hosts {
 				for _, route := range routes {
@@ -1684,6 +1685,7 @@ func (p *GatewayAPIProcessor) computeGRPCRouteForListener(route *gatewayapi_v1.G
 		// No rules under the route is valid, mark it as not accepted.
 		addRouteNotAcceptedConditionDueToMatchConflict(routeAccessor, KindGRPCRoute)
 	} else if invalidRuleCnt > 0 {
+		// Some of the rules are conflicted, mark it as partially invalid.
 		addRoutePartiallyInvalidConditionDueToMatchPartiallyConflict(routeAccessor, KindGRPCRoute)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor_test.go b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor_test.go
index c1c50bcb70b..c4b0a3de608 100644
--- a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor_test.go
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ func TestHasConflictRoute(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedConflict bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "There are 2 existing route, the 3rd route to add doesn't have conflict, listen doesn't have tls, no conflict expected",
+			name: "There are 2 existing httproute, the 3rd route to add doesn't have conflict, listen doesn't have tls, no conflict expected",
 			existingRoutes: []*Route{
 				{
 					Name:               "route1",
@@ -1511,6 +1511,43 @@ func TestHasConflictRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			listener: listener,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "There are 2 existing grpcroute, the 3rd route to add doesn't have conflict, listen doesn't have tls, no conflict expected",
+			existingRoutes: []*Route{
+				{
+					Name:               "route1",
+					Namespace:          "default",
+					PathMatchCondition: prefixSegment("/path1"),
+					HeaderMatchConditions: []HeaderMatchCondition{
+						{Name: ":authority", MatchType: HeaderMatchTypeRegex, Value: "^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?\\.example\\.com(:[0-9]+)?"},
+					},
+					QueryParamMatchConditions: []QueryParamMatchCondition{
+						{Name: "param-1", Value: "value-1", MatchType: QueryParamMatchTypeExact},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Kind:               KindGRPCRoute,
+					Name:               "route2",
+					Namespace:          "default",
+					PathMatchCondition: prefixSegment("/path2"),
+					HeaderMatchConditions: []HeaderMatchCondition{
+						{Name: "version", Value: "2", MatchType: "exact", Invert: false},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			routes: []*Route{
+				{
+					Kind:               KindGRPCRoute,
+					Name:               "route3",
+					Namespace:          "default",
+					PathMatchCondition: prefixSegment("/path2"),
+					HeaderMatchConditions: []HeaderMatchCondition{
+						{Name: "e-tag", Value: "abc", MatchType: "contains", Invert: true},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			listener: listener,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "There are 2 existing route, the 3rd route to add doesn't have conflict, listen has tls, no conflict expected",
 			existingRoutes: []*Route{
diff --git a/internal/dag/status_test.go b/internal/dag/status_test.go
index 2c6caae88bb..cefc5a79836 100644
--- a/internal/dag/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/dag/status_test.go
@@ -5647,7 +5647,7 @@ func TestGatewayAPIHTTPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					}},
 				},
 			},
-			// 3rd HTTPRoute with newest creationTimestamp, conflict with 1st HTTPRoute
+			// 3rd HTTPRoute with newest creationTimestamp, partially conflict with 1st HTTPRoute
 			&gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRoute{
 				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
 					Kind: KindHTTPRoute,
@@ -5664,172 +5664,56 @@ func TestGatewayAPIHTTPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
 						"test.projectcontour.io",
 					},
-					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRouteRule{{
-						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRouteMatch{
-							{
-								Path: &gatewayapi_v1.HTTPPathMatch{
-									Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.PathMatchPathPrefix),
-									Value: ptr.To("/"),
-								},
-								Headers: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderMatch{
-									{
-										Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.HeaderMatchExact),
-										Name:  gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderName("foo"),
-										Value: "bar",
+					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRouteRule{
+						{
+							Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRouteMatch{
+								{
+									Path: &gatewayapi_v1.HTTPPathMatch{
+										Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.PathMatchPathPrefix),
+										Value: ptr.To("/"),
 									},
-								},
-								QueryParams: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPQueryParamMatch{
-									{
-										Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.QueryParamMatchRegularExpression),
-										Name:  "param-1",
-										Value: "valid-[a-z]?-[A-Za-z]+-[0=9]+-\\d+",
+									Headers: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderMatch{
+										{
+											Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.HeaderMatchExact),
+											Name:  gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderName("foo"),
+											Value: "bar",
+										},
+									},
+									QueryParams: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPQueryParamMatch{
+										{
+											Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.QueryParamMatchRegularExpression),
+											Name:  "param-1",
+											Value: "valid-[a-z]?-[A-Za-z]+-[0=9]+-\\d+",
+										},
 									},
 								},
 							},
-						},
 
-						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.HTTPBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
-					}},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		wantRouteConditions: []*status.RouteStatusUpdate{
-			{
-				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-1"},
-				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
-					{
-						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
-						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
-							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
-							routeAcceptedHTTPRouteCondition(),
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-2"},
-				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
-					{
-						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
-						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
-							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindHTTPRoute, KindHTTPRoute)),
-							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-3"},
-				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
-					{
-						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
-						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
-							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindHTTPRoute, KindHTTPRoute)),
-							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
+							BackendRefs: gatewayapi.HTTPBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
 						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		// is it ok to show the listeners are attached, just it's not accepted because of the conflict
-		wantGatewayStatusUpdate: validGatewayStatusUpdate("http", gatewayapi_v1.HTTPProtocolType, 3),
-	})
-
-	run(t, "3 grpcroutes, but duplicate match condition between these 3. The 2 rank lower gets Conflict condition ", testcase{
-		objs: []any{
-			kuardService,
-			// first GRPCRoute with oldest creationTimestamp
-			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
-				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:              "basic-1",
-					Namespace:         "default",
-					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2020, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
-				},
-				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
-					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
-						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
-					},
-					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
-						"test.projectcontour.io",
-					},
-					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{{
-						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "com.example.service", "Login"),
-							},
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "foo.com.example.service", "Login"),
+						{
+							Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPRouteMatch{
+								{
+									Path: &gatewayapi_v1.HTTPPathMatch{
+										Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.PathMatchPathPrefix),
+										Value: ptr.To("/random"),
+									},
+									Headers: []gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderMatch{
+										{
+											Type:  ptr.To(gatewayapi_v1.HeaderMatchExact),
+											Name:  gatewayapi_v1.HTTPHeaderName("random"),
+											Value: "b",
+										},
+									},
+								},
 							},
+
+							BackendRefs: gatewayapi.HTTPBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
 						},
-						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
-					}},
-				},
-			},
-			// second GRPCRoute with 2nd oldest creationTimestamp, conflict with 1st GRPCRoute
-			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
-				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:              "basic-2",
-					Namespace:         "default",
-					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2021, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
-				},
-				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
-					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
-						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
 					},
-					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
-						"test.projectcontour.io",
-					},
-					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{{
-						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "com.example.service", "Login"),
-							},
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "foo.com.example.service", "Login"),
-							},
-						},
-						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
-					}},
-				},
-			},
-			// 3rd GRPCRoute with newest creationTimestamp, conflict with 1st GRPCRoute
-			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
-				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:              "basic-3",
-					Namespace:         "default",
-					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2022, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
-				},
-				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
-					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
-						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
-					},
-					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
-						"test.projectcontour.io",
-					},
-					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{{
-						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "com.example.service", "Login"),
-							},
-							{
-								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "foo.com.example.service", "Login"),
-							},
-						},
-						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
-					}},
 				},
 			},
 		},
-
 		wantRouteConditions: []*status.RouteStatusUpdate{
 			{
 				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-1"},
@@ -5838,7 +5722,7 @@ func TestGatewayAPIHTTPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
 						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
 							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
-							routeAcceptedGRPCRouteCondition(),
+							routeAcceptedHTTPRouteCondition(),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -5849,7 +5733,7 @@ func TestGatewayAPIHTTPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					{
 						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
 						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
-							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindGRPCRoute, KindGRPCRoute)),
+							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindHTTPRoute, KindHTTPRoute)),
 							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
 						},
 					},
@@ -5861,7 +5745,8 @@ func TestGatewayAPIHTTPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					{
 						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
 						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
-							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindGRPCRoute, KindGRPCRoute)),
+							routeAcceptedHTTPRouteCondition(),
+							routePartialMatchConflict(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict, KindHTTPRoute, KindHTTPRoute)),
 							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
 						},
 					},
@@ -11412,6 +11297,148 @@ func TestGatewayAPIGRPCRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		// Invalid filters still result in an attached route.
 		wantGatewayStatusUpdate: validGatewayStatusUpdate("http", gatewayapi_v1.HTTPProtocolType, 1),
 	})
+
+	run(t, "grpcroute: 3 grpcroutes, but duplicate match condition between these 3. The 2 out of 3 rank lower gets Conflict condition ", testcase{
+		objs: []any{
+			kuardService,
+			// first GRPCRoute with oldest creationTimestamp
+			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
+				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "basic-1",
+					Namespace:         "default",
+					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2020, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
+				},
+				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
+					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
+						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
+					},
+					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
+						"test.projectcontour.io",
+					},
+					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{{
+						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
+							{
+								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "ok.service", "Login"),
+							},
+							{
+								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "foo.ok.service", "Login"),
+							},
+						},
+						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+			// second GRPCRoute with 2nd oldest creationTimestamp, conflict with 1st GRPCRoute
+			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
+				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "basic-2",
+					Namespace:         "default",
+					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2021, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
+				},
+				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
+					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
+						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
+					},
+					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
+						"test.projectcontour.io",
+					},
+					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{{
+						Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
+							{
+								Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "ok.service", "Login"),
+							},
+						},
+						BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+			// 3rd GRPCRoute with newest creationTimestamp, partially conflict with 1st GRPCRoute
+			&gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRoute{
+				TypeMeta: meta_v1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind: KindGRPCRoute,
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "basic-3",
+					Namespace:         "default",
+					CreationTimestamp: meta_v1.Date(2022, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC),
+				},
+				Spec: gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteSpec{
+					CommonRouteSpec: gatewayapi_v1.CommonRouteSpec{
+						ParentRefs: []gatewayapi_v1.ParentReference{gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour")},
+					},
+					Hostnames: []gatewayapi_v1.Hostname{
+						"test.projectcontour.io",
+					},
+					Rules: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteRule{
+						{
+							Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
+								{
+									Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "foo.ok.service", "Login"),
+								},
+							},
+							BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
+						},
+						{
+							Matches: []gatewayapi_v1.GRPCRouteMatch{
+								{
+									Method: gatewayapi.GRPCMethodMatch(gatewayapi_v1.GRPCMethodMatchExact, "bar.ok.service", "Logout"),
+								},
+							},
+							BackendRefs: gatewayapi.GRPCRouteBackendRef("kuard", 8080, 1),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+
+		wantRouteConditions: []*status.RouteStatusUpdate{
+			{
+				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-1"},
+				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
+					{
+						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
+						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
+							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
+							routeAcceptedGRPCRouteCondition(),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-2"},
+				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
+					{
+						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
+						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
+							routeAcceptedFalse(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict, KindGRPCRoute, KindGRPCRoute)),
+							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				FullName: types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "basic-3"},
+				RouteParentStatuses: []*gatewayapi_v1.RouteParentStatus{
+					{
+						ParentRef: gatewayapi.GatewayParentRef("projectcontour", "contour"),
+						Conditions: []meta_v1.Condition{
+							routeAcceptedGRPCRouteCondition(),
+							routePartialMatchConflict(status.ReasonRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict, fmt.Sprintf(status.MessageRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict, KindGRPCRoute, KindGRPCRoute)),
+							routeResolvedRefsCondition(),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// is it ok to show the listeners are attached, just it's not accepted because of the conflict
+		wantGatewayStatusUpdate: validGatewayStatusUpdate("http", gatewayapi_v1.HTTPProtocolType, 3),
+	})
 }
 
 func TestGatewayAPITCPRouteDAGStatus(t *testing.T) {
@@ -12330,6 +12357,15 @@ func routeAcceptedHTTPRouteCondition() meta_v1.Condition {
 	}
 }
 
+func routePartialMatchConflict(reason gatewayapi_v1.RouteConditionReason, message string) meta_v1.Condition {
+	return meta_v1.Condition{
+		Type:    string(gatewayapi_v1.RouteConditionPartiallyInvalid),
+		Status:  contour_v1.ConditionTrue,
+		Reason:  string(reason),
+		Message: message,
+	}
+}
+
 func routeAcceptedFalse(reason gatewayapi_v1.RouteConditionReason, message string) meta_v1.Condition {
 	return meta_v1.Condition{
 		Type:    string(gatewayapi_v1.RouteConditionAccepted),
diff --git a/internal/status/routeconditions.go b/internal/status/routeconditions.go
index ed26405ca67..95d68557d04 100644
--- a/internal/status/routeconditions.go
+++ b/internal/status/routeconditions.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 	ReasonRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict gatewayapi_v1.RouteConditionReason = "RuleMatchPartiallyConflict"
 
 	MessageRouteRuleMatchConflict          string = "%s's Match has conflict with other %s's Match"
-	MessageRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict string = "Dropped Rule: %s's rule(s) has(ve) been dropped because of conflict against other %s's rule(s)"
+	MessageRouteRuleMatchPartiallyConflict string = "Dropped Rule: some of %s's rule(s) has(ve) been dropped because of conflict against other %s's rule(s)"
 )
 
 // RouteStatusUpdate represents an atomic update to a