diff --git a/common/paths/path.go b/common/paths/path.go
index de91d6a2ff2..85387f5d2f7 100644
--- a/common/paths/path.go
+++ b/common/paths/path.go
@@ -428,3 +428,15 @@ func ToSlashPreserveLeading(s string) string {
 func IsSameFilePath(s1, s2 string) bool {
 	return path.Clean(ToSlashTrim(s1)) == path.Clean(ToSlashTrim(s2))
 }
+
+// ToSlashNoExtensions returns the result of removing all file extensions from
+// path s, then replacing each separator character with a slash ('/')
+// character. For example, "/a/b/c.d/e.f.g" becomes "/a/b/c.d/e".
+func ToSlashNoExtensions(s string) string {
+	d, f := filepath.Split(s)
+	i := strings.Index(f, ".")
+	if i >= 0 {
+		f = f[:i]
+	}
+	return filepath.ToSlash(path.Join(d, f))
+}
diff --git a/common/paths/path_test.go b/common/paths/path_test.go
index bc27df6c6c8..305fa3da500 100644
--- a/common/paths/path_test.go
+++ b/common/paths/path_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package paths
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
@@ -311,3 +312,41 @@ func TestIsSameFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(IsSameFilePath(filepath.FromSlash(this.a), filepath.FromSlash(this.b)), qt.Equals, this.expected, qt.Commentf("a: %s b: %s", this.a, this.b))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestToSlashNoExtensions(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		path string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"a", "a"},
+		{"a/", "a"},
+		{"/a", "/a"},
+		{"/a/", "/a"},
+		{"a.b", "a"},
+		{"a.b/", "a.b"},
+		{"/a.b", "/a"},
+		{"/a.b/", "/a.b"},
+		{"a/b", "a/b"},
+		{"a/b/", "a/b"},
+		{"a/b", "a/b"},
+		{"/a/b/", "/a/b"},
+		{"a/b/c.d", "a/b/c"},
+		{"a/b/c.d", "a/b/c"},
+		{"a/b/c.d.e", "a/b/c"},
+		{"a/b/c.d/e", "a/b/c.d/e"},
+		{"a/b/c.d/e.f", "a/b/c.d/e"},
+		{"a/b/c.d/e.f.g", "a/b/c.d/e"},
+		{"a.", "a"},
+		{".a", ""},
+		{"/", "/"},
+		{".", ""},
+		{"", ""},
+	}
+	for k, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(k), func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := ToSlashNoExtensions(tt.path); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ToSlashNoExtensions() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template.go
index 0ea7117a3ac..a3794ca9952 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/output/layouts"
 
@@ -72,6 +74,14 @@ var embeddedTemplatesAliases = map[string][]string{
 	"shortcodes/twitter.html": {"shortcodes/tweet.html"},
 }
 
+// These paths are reserved for embedded templates.
+// They follow the format "directory/name" relative to the layouts directory,
+// omitting any file extensions. Templates with these paths are not loaded from
+// user space.
+var reservedTemplatePaths = []string{
+	"shortcodes/comment",
+}
+
 var (
 	_ tpl.TemplateManager         = (*templateExec)(nil)
 	_ tpl.TemplateHandler         = (*templateExec)(nil)
@@ -825,6 +835,12 @@ func (t *templateHandler) loadTemplates() error {
 
 		name := strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.ToSlash(path), "/")
 		filename := filepath.Base(path)
+
+		if t.isReservedTemplatePath(path) {
+			t.Log.Infof("template not loaded: the path %q is reserved for embedded templates", name)
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		outputFormats := t.Conf.GetConfigSection("outputFormats").(output.Formats)
 		outputFormat, found := outputFormats.FromFilename(filename)
 
@@ -849,6 +865,13 @@ func (t *templateHandler) loadTemplates() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// isReservedTemplatePath reports whether the template with the given name is
+// reserved for embedded templates.
+func (t *templateHandler) isReservedTemplatePath(path string) bool {
+	// shortcodesPathPrefix
+	return slices.Contains(reservedTemplatePaths, paths.ToSlashNoExtensions(path))
+}
+
 func (t *templateHandler) nameIsText(name string) (string, bool) {
 	isText := strings.HasPrefix(name, textTmplNamePrefix)
 	if isText {
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/tplimpl_integration_test.go b/tpl/tplimpl/tplimpl_integration_test.go
index d1e214ce26f..e2795cc6f73 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/tplimpl_integration_test.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/tplimpl_integration_test.go
@@ -858,3 +858,37 @@ title: p5
 	}
 	b.Assert(htmlFiles, hqt.IsAllElementsEqual)
 }
+
+func TestFoo(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ['page','rss','section','sitemap','taxonomy','term']
+-- layouts/LAYOUT --
+`
+
+	filesOriginal := files
+
+	layouts := []string{
+		"shortcodes/comment.html",
+		"shortcodes/comment.html.html",
+		"shortcodes/comment.en.html.html",
+		"shortcodes/comment.de.html.html",
+		"shortcodes/comment.json",
+		"shortcodes/comment.json.json",
+		"shortcodes/comment.en.json.json",
+		"shortcodes/comment.de.json.json",
+	}
+
+	// want := `INFO  template not loaded: the path "shortcodes/comment.html" is reserved for embedded templates`
+	for _, layout := range layouts {
+		files = strings.ReplaceAll(filesOriginal, "LAYOUT", layout)
+		b := hugolib.Test(t, files, hugolib.TestOptInfo())
+		b.AssertLogContains("INFO  template not loaded: the path", layout, "is reserved for embedded templates")
+	}
+
+	files = strings.ReplaceAll(filesOriginal, "LAYOUT", "shortcodes/foo.html")
+	b := hugolib.Test(t, files, hugolib.TestOptInfo())
+	b.AssertLogContains("! INFO  template not loaded: the path", "! is reserved for embedded templates")
+}