diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/__jest__/pipeline_processors_editor.helpers.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/__jest__/pipeline_processors_editor.helpers.tsx
index 227513dcdaacc..5ac43953e79bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/__jest__/pipeline_processors_editor.helpers.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/__jest__/pipeline_processors_editor.helpers.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const createActions = (testBed: TestBed<TestSubject>) => {
     async addProcessor(processorsSelector: string, type: string, options: Record<string, any>) {
       find(`${processorsSelector}.addProcessorButton`).simulate('click');
       await act(async () => {
-        find('processorTypeSelector').simulate('change', [{ value: type, label: type }]);
+        find('processorTypeSelector.input').simulate('change', [{ value: type, label: type }]);
       });
       component.update();
       await act(async () => {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const createActions = (testBed: TestBed<TestSubject>) => {
       find(`${processorSelector}.moreMenu.button`).simulate('click');
       find(`${processorSelector}.moreMenu.addOnFailureButton`).simulate('click');
       await act(async () => {
-        find('processorTypeSelector').simulate('change', [{ value: type, label: type }]);
+        find('processorTypeSelector.input').simulate('change', [{ value: type, label: type }]);
       });
       component.update();
       await act(async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
index b43e2bc1342c3..edabbe277e5d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import { ProcessorsDispatch } from '../../processors_reducer';
 
 import { ProcessorInfo } from '../processors_tree';
 
+import { getProcessorDescriptor } from '../shared';
+
 import './pipeline_processors_editor_item.scss';
 
 import { InlineTextInput } from './inline_text_input';
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ export const PipelineProcessorsEditorItem: FunctionComponent<Props> = memo(
                   className="pipelineProcessorsEditor__item__processorTypeLabel"
                   color={isDimmed ? 'subdued' : undefined}
                 >
-                  <b>{processor.type}</b>
+                  <b>{getProcessorDescriptor(processor.type)?.label ?? processor.type}</b>
                 </EuiText>
               </EuiFlexItem>
               <EuiFlexItem className={inlineTextInputContainerClasses} grow={false}>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processor_settings_form.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processor_settings_form.tsx
index 015adae83e71e..b5b3a38bb6a6c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processor_settings_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processor_settings_form.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import {
 import { Form, FormDataProvider, FormHook } from '../../../../../shared_imports';
 import { ProcessorInternal } from '../../types';
 
+import { getProcessorDescriptor } from '../shared';
+
 import { DocumentationButton } from './documentation_button';
-import { getProcessorFormDescriptor } from './map_processor_type_to_form';
 import { CommonProcessorFields, ProcessorTypeField } from './processors/common_fields';
 import { Custom } from './processors/custom';
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export const ProcessorSettingsForm: FunctionComponent<Props> = memo(
               <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
                 <FormDataProvider pathsToWatch="type">
                   {({ type }) => {
-                    const formDescriptor = getProcessorFormDescriptor(type as any);
+                    const formDescriptor = getProcessorDescriptor(type as any);
 
                     if (formDescriptor) {
                       return (
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export const ProcessorSettingsForm: FunctionComponent<Props> = memo(
                 const { type } = arg;
 
                 if (type?.length) {
-                  const formDescriptor = getProcessorFormDescriptor(type as any);
+                  const formDescriptor = getProcessorDescriptor(type as any);
 
                   if (formDescriptor?.FieldsComponent) {
                     return (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processors/common_fields/processor_type_field.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processors/common_fields/processor_type_field.tsx
index 4b82fbfad9b52..71ee4a714a28e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processors/common_fields/processor_type_field.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/processors/common_fields/processor_type_field.tsx
@@ -3,16 +3,42 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+import { EuiComboBox, EuiComboBoxOptionOption, EuiFormRow } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
+import { flow } from 'fp-ts/lib/function';
+import { map } from 'fp-ts/lib/Array';
+
 import {
   FIELD_TYPES,
   FieldConfig,
   UseField,
   fieldValidators,
-  ComboBoxField,
 } from '../../../../../../../shared_imports';
-import { types } from '../../map_processor_type_to_form';
+
+import { getProcessorDescriptor, mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor } from '../../../shared';
+import {
+  FieldValidateResponse,
+  VALIDATION_TYPES,
+} from '../../../../../../../../../../../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib';
+
+const extractProcessorTypesAndLabels = flow(
+  Object.entries,
+  map(([type, { label }]) => ({
+    label,
+    value: type,
+  })),
+  (arr) => arr.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label))
+);
+
+interface ProcessorTypeAndLabel {
+  value: string;
+  label: string;
+}
+
+const processorTypesAndLabels: ProcessorTypeAndLabel[] = extractProcessorTypesAndLabels(
+  mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor
+);
 
 interface Props {
   initialType?: string;
@@ -47,22 +73,76 @@ const typeConfig: FieldConfig = {
 
 export const ProcessorTypeField: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ initialType }) => {
   return (
-    <UseField
-      config={typeConfig}
-      defaultValue={initialType}
-      path="type"
-      component={ComboBoxField}
-      componentProps={{
-        euiFieldProps: {
-          'data-test-subj': 'processorTypeSelector',
-          fullWidth: true,
-          options: types.map((type) => ({ label: type, value: type })),
-          noSuggestions: false,
-          singleSelection: {
-            asPlainText: true,
-          },
-        },
+    <UseField config={typeConfig} defaultValue={initialType} path="type">
+      {(typeField) => {
+        let selectedOptions: ProcessorTypeAndLabel[];
+        if ((typeField.value as string[]).length) {
+          const [type] = typeField.value as string[];
+          const descriptor = getProcessorDescriptor(type);
+          selectedOptions = descriptor
+            ? [{ label: descriptor.label, value: type }]
+            : // If there is no label for this processor type, just use the type as the label
+              [{ label: type, value: type }];
+        } else {
+          selectedOptions = [];
+        }
+
+        const error = typeField.getErrorsMessages();
+        const isInvalid = error ? Boolean(error.length) : false;
+
+        const onCreateComboOption = (value: string) => {
+          // Note: for now, all validations for a comboBox array item have to be synchronous
+          // If there is a need to support asynchronous validation, we'll work on it (and will need to update the <EuiComboBox /> logic).
+          const { isValid } = typeField.validate({
+            value,
+            validationType: VALIDATION_TYPES.ARRAY_ITEM,
+          }) as FieldValidateResponse;
+
+          if (!isValid) {
+            // Return false to explicitly reject the user's input.
+            return false;
+          }
+
+          const newValue = [...(typeField.value as string[]), value];
+
+          typeField.setValue(newValue);
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <EuiFormRow
+            label={typeField.label}
+            labelAppend={typeField.labelAppend}
+            helpText={
+              typeof typeField.helpText === 'function' ? typeField.helpText() : typeField.helpText
+            }
+            error={error}
+            isInvalid={isInvalid}
+            fullWidth
+            data-test-subj="processorTypeSelector"
+          >
+            <EuiComboBox
+              fullWidth
+              placeholder={i18n.translate(
+                'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.typeField.typeFieldComboboxPlaceholder',
+                {
+                  defaultMessage: 'Type and then hit "ENTER"',
+                }
+              )}
+              options={processorTypesAndLabels}
+              selectedOptions={selectedOptions}
+              onCreateOption={onCreateComboOption}
+              onChange={(options: EuiComboBoxOptionOption[]) => {
+                typeField.setValue(options.map(({ value }) => value));
+              }}
+              noSuggestions={false}
+              singleSelection={{
+                asPlainText: true,
+              }}
+              data-test-subj="input"
+            />
+          </EuiFormRow>
+        );
       }}
-    />
+    </UseField>
   );
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b4b975b5305e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export {
+  getProcessorDescriptor,
+  mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor,
+  ProcessorType,
+} from './map_processor_type_to_form';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx
rename to x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx
index 5993d7fb3f87a..7055721fc8b07 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/processor_settings_form/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/shared/map_processor_type_to_form.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
 // import { SetProcessor } from './processors/set';
 // import { Gsub } from './processors/gsub';
 
-interface FieldsFormDescriptor {
+interface FieldDescriptor {
   FieldsComponent?: FunctionComponent;
   docLinkPath: string;
   /**
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ interface FieldsFormDescriptor {
   label: string;
 }
 
-const mapProcessorTypeToFormDescriptor: Record<string, FieldsFormDescriptor> = {
+type MapProcessorTypeToDescriptor = Record<string, FieldDescriptor>;
+
+export const mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor: MapProcessorTypeToDescriptor = {
   append: {
     FieldsComponent: undefined, // TODO: Implement
     docLinkPath: '/append-processor.html',
@@ -262,12 +264,10 @@ const mapProcessorTypeToFormDescriptor: Record<string, FieldsFormDescriptor> = {
   },
 };
 
-export const types = Object.keys(mapProcessorTypeToFormDescriptor).sort();
-
-export type ProcessorType = keyof typeof mapProcessorTypeToFormDescriptor;
+export type ProcessorType = keyof typeof mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor;
 
-export const getProcessorFormDescriptor = (
+export const getProcessorDescriptor = (
   type: ProcessorType | string
-): FieldsFormDescriptor | undefined => {
-  return mapProcessorTypeToFormDescriptor[type as ProcessorType];
+): FieldDescriptor | undefined => {
+  return mapProcessorTypeToDescriptor[type as ProcessorType];
 };