diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6e4fdef..2ce43c4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,11 +20,17 @@ That said, these are more guidelines rather than hard rules, though the project
 
 ---
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- [#2131](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/pull/2131): Fix the config not accepting `Memory`, `Memory%`, `Total Read`, and `Total Write` process column aliases that the config schema advertised.
+
 ## 0.14.3 - 2026-07-01
 
 ### Other
 
-- [#2119](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/pull/2119): Workaround change for draw behaviour that caused Kitty with `cursor_trail` to occasionally use more CPU.
+- [#2119](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/pull/2119): Add workaround for draw behaviour that caused Kitty with `cursor_trail` to occasionally use more CPU.
 
 ## 0.14.2 - 2026-06-27
 
diff --git a/src/options/config/process.rs b/src/options/config/process.rs
index a8c511d5..d6b880a5 100644
--- a/src/options/config/process.rs
+++ b/src/options/config/process.rs
@@ -175,4 +175,31 @@ mod test {
             vec![ProcWidgetColumn::WritePerSecond; 3]
         );
     }
+
+    /// The generated JSON schema advertises additional column name aliases
+    /// (via `ProcColumn::get_schema_names`) that the deserializer must also
+    /// accept, otherwise valid configs are rejected at runtime.
+    #[test]
+    fn valid_process_column_config_schema_aliases() {
+        let config = r#"columns = ["Memory", "Memory%"]"#;
+        let generated: ProcessesConfig = toml_edit::de::from_str(config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            to_columns(generated.columns),
+            vec![ProcWidgetColumn::Mem; 2]
+        );
+
+        let config = r#"columns = ["Total Read"]"#;
+        let generated: ProcessesConfig = toml_edit::de::from_str(config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            to_columns(generated.columns),
+            vec![ProcWidgetColumn::TotalRead]
+        );
+
+        let config = r#"columns = ["Total Write"]"#;
+        let generated: ProcessesConfig = toml_edit::de::from_str(config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            to_columns(generated.columns),
+            vec![ProcWidgetColumn::TotalWrite]
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/process_table/process_columns.rs b/src/widgets/process_table/process_columns.rs
index e1463a04..4c93cc5d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/process_table/process_columns.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/process_table/process_columns.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl ProcColumn {
     pub fn parse_column_name(name: &str) -> Option<Self> {
         match name.to_lowercase().as_str() {
             "cpu%" => Some(ProcColumn::CpuPercent),
-            "mem" | "mem%" => Some(ProcColumn::MemPercent),
+            "mem" | "mem%" | "memory" | "memory%" => Some(ProcColumn::MemPercent),
             "virt" | "virtual" | "virtmem" | "virtual memory" => Some(ProcColumn::VirtualMem),
             "pid" => Some(ProcColumn::Pid),
             "count" => Some(ProcColumn::Count),
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ impl ProcColumn {
             "command" => Some(ProcColumn::Command),
             "read" | "r/s" | "rps" => Some(ProcColumn::ReadPerSecond),
             "write" | "w/s" | "wps" => Some(ProcColumn::WritePerSecond),
-            "tread" | "t.read" => Some(ProcColumn::TotalRead),
-            "twrite" | "t.write" => Some(ProcColumn::TotalWrite),
+            "tread" | "t.read" | "total read" => Some(ProcColumn::TotalRead),
+            "twrite" | "t.write" | "total write" => Some(ProcColumn::TotalWrite),
             "state" => Some(ProcColumn::State),
             "user" => Some(ProcColumn::User),
             "time" => Some(ProcColumn::Time),