diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be97a394..a82f28db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+  * Reduce the compile time of backends that use the default interpolation module by storing translations without interpolation in a literal map instead of generating one function clause each.
   * Add experimental `mix gettext.generate` task: messages are persisted as module attributes during normal compilation (for backends with `automatic_extraction: true` in the application environment, for example `config :gettext, MyApp.Gettext, automatic_extraction: true` in `config/dev.exs`) and read back from the compiled BEAM files, so extraction no longer needs to force-recompile the project.
 
 ## v1.1.0
diff --git a/lib/gettext/compiler.ex b/lib/gettext/compiler.ex
index 712f632c..5a0575b7 100644
--- a/lib/gettext/compiler.ex
+++ b/lib/gettext/compiler.ex
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ defmodule Gettext.Compiler do
     plural_fun = :"#{locale}_#{domain}_lngettext"
 
     messages = Enum.filter(messages, &match?(%{obsolete: false}, &1))
+    {static_messages, messages} = split_static_messages(messages, interpolation_module)
 
     mapper =
       &compile_message(
@@ -527,13 +528,7 @@ defmodule Gettext.Compiler do
         unquote(messages)
 
         Kernel.unquote(kind)(unquote(singular_fun)(msgctxt, msgid, bindings)) do
-          unquote(env.module).handle_missing_translation(
-            unquote(locale),
-            unquote(domain),
-            msgctxt,
-            msgid,
-            bindings
-          )
+          unquote(static_lookup(static_messages, env.module, locale, domain))
         end
 
         Kernel.unquote(kind)(unquote(plural_fun)(msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n, bindings)) do
@@ -552,6 +547,67 @@ defmodule Gettext.Compiler do
     {locale, domain, singular_fun, plural_fun, quoted}
   end
 
+  # Singular messages whose translation contains no "%{" cannot need
+  # interpolation, so they are kept in a literal map that the catch-all clause
+  # of the singular function looks up, instead of becoming one function clause
+  # each. The map holds the {:ok, msgstr} results themselves, so a hit returns
+  # a literal without allocating a result tuple. Only the default interpolation
+  # module is handled, since what counts as interpolation depends on the
+  # interpolation syntax. The partition only scans for "%{" and never parses
+  # interpolation keys: a translation containing "%{" (a binding, or a literal
+  # "%{}") is compiled into a clause as before, and empty translations stay out
+  # so that they still reach handle_missing_translation/5.
+  defp split_static_messages(messages, Gettext.Interpolation.Default) do
+    {static, remaining} =
+      Enum.reduce(messages, {%{}, []}, fn
+        %Message.Singular{} = message, {static, remaining} ->
+          msgstr = IO.iodata_to_binary(message.msgstr)
+
+          if msgstr != "" and not String.contains?(msgstr, "%{") do
+            {Map.put(static, static_key(message), {:ok, msgstr}), remaining}
+          else
+            {static, [message | remaining]}
+          end
+
+        %Message.Plural{} = message, {static, remaining} ->
+          {static, [message | remaining]}
+      end)
+
+    {static, Enum.reverse(remaining)}
+  end
+
+  defp split_static_messages(messages, _interpolation_module), do: {%{}, messages}
+
+  defp static_key(message) do
+    {message.msgctxt && IO.iodata_to_binary(message.msgctxt), IO.iodata_to_binary(message.msgid)}
+  end
+
+  defp static_lookup(static_messages, module, locale, domain) do
+    missing_translation =
+      quote do
+        unquote(module).handle_missing_translation(
+          unquote(locale),
+          unquote(domain),
+          msgctxt,
+          msgid,
+          bindings
+        )
+      end
+
+    if static_messages == %{} do
+      missing_translation
+    else
+      quote do
+        key = {msgctxt, msgid}
+
+        case unquote(Macro.escape(static_messages)) do
+          %{^key => translation} -> translation
+          %{} -> unquote(missing_translation)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   defp nplurals(locale, messages_struct, plural_mod) do
     plural_mod.nplurals(Plural.plural_info(locale, messages_struct, plural_mod))
   end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/single_messages/it/LC_MESSAGES/default.po b/test/fixtures/single_messages/it/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
index 1b44345c..3239ae1a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/single_messages/it/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
+++ b/test/fixtures/single_messages/it/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ msgid_plural "%{count}" " friends"
 msgstr[0] "Un" " amico"
 msgstr[1] "%{count}" " amici"
 
+msgid "Literal braces"
+msgstr "Parentesi %{} letterali"
+
 msgid "Empty msgstr!"
 msgstr "" ""
 
diff --git a/test/gettext/backend_test.exs b/test/gettext/backend_test.exs
index edf81ca9..ce4a32a8 100644
--- a/test/gettext/backend_test.exs
+++ b/test/gettext/backend_test.exs
@@ -122,6 +122,102 @@ defmodule Gettext.BackendTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "compiling catalogs of different shapes" do
+    @tag :tmp_dir
+    test "compiles without warnings and looks translations up by context", %{tmp_dir: tmp_dir} do
+      catalogs = [
+        static_only: ~S"""
+        msgid "Hello world"
+        msgstr "Ciao mondo"
+
+        msgctxt ""
+        msgid "Empty context"
+        msgstr "Contesto vuoto"
+
+        msgctxt "greeting"
+        msgid "Hello world"
+        msgstr "Ciao mondo (saluto)"
+
+        #~ msgid "Gone"
+        #~ msgstr "Andato"
+        """,
+        interpolated_only: ~S"""
+        msgid "Hello %{name}"
+        msgstr "Ciao %{name}"
+        """,
+        plural_only: ~S"""
+        msgid "One new email"
+        msgid_plural "%{count} new emails"
+        msgstr[0] "Una nuova email"
+        msgstr[1] "%{count} nuove email"
+        """
+      ]
+
+      backends =
+        for {shape, contents} <- catalogs, into: %{} do
+          priv = Path.join(tmp_dir, "#{shape}")
+          po_file = Path.join([priv, "it", "LC_MESSAGES", "default.po"])
+          File.mkdir_p!(Path.dirname(po_file))
+          File.write!(po_file, contents)
+
+          module =
+            Module.concat(__MODULE__, "Backend#{shape}#{System.unique_integer([:positive])}")
+
+          source = Path.join(tmp_dir, "#{shape}.ex")
+
+          File.write!(source, """
+          defmodule #{inspect(module)} do
+            use Gettext.Backend, otp_app: :test_application, priv: #{inspect(priv)}
+          end
+          """)
+
+          # Compiled through the parallel compiler like a Mix project is, so that
+          # warnings from the type checker are reported too.
+          assert {:ok, [^module], warnings} =
+                   Kernel.ParallelCompiler.compile([source], return_diagnostics: true)
+
+          assert warnings == %{compile_warnings: [], runtime_warnings: []},
+                 "compiling the #{shape} catalog warned: #{inspect(warnings)}"
+
+          {shape, module}
+        end
+
+      backend = backends.static_only
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Hello world", %{}) == {:ok, "Ciao mondo"}
+
+      # An empty context is not the same as no context, as with function clauses.
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", "", "Empty context", %{}) ==
+               {:ok, "Contesto vuoto"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Empty context", %{}) ==
+               {:default, "Empty context"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", "greeting", "Hello world", %{}) ==
+               {:ok, "Ciao mondo (saluto)"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", "other", "Hello world", %{}) ==
+               {:default, "Hello world"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Gone", %{}) == {:default, "Gone"}
+
+      backend = backends.interpolated_only
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Hello %{name}", %{name: "Jane"}) ==
+               {:ok, "Ciao Jane"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Hello world", %{}) ==
+               {:default, "Hello world"}
+
+      backend = backends.plural_only
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "One new email", %{}) ==
+               {:ok, "Una nuova email"}
+
+      assert backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Hello world", %{}) ==
+               {:default, "Hello world"}
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "__gettext__/1 (generated)" do
     test "with :priv returns the directory where messages are stored" do
       assert Backend.__gettext__(:priv) == "test/fixtures/single_messages"
@@ -159,6 +255,24 @@ defmodule Gettext.BackendTest do
                {:default, "Hello world"}
     end
 
+    test "returns {:ok, translation} for translations with a context" do
+      assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", "test", "Hello world", %{}) == {:ok, "Ciao mondo"}
+
+      assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", "test", "Hello %{name}", %{name: "Jane"}) ==
+               {:ok, "Ciao Jane"}
+
+      assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", "other", "Hello world", %{}) ==
+               {:default, "Hello world"}
+    end
+
+    test "returns translations with literal braces as they are" do
+      assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Literal braces", %{}) ==
+               {:ok, "Parentesi %{} letterali"}
+
+      assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Literal braces", %{name: "Jane"}) ==
+               {:ok, "Parentesi %{} letterali"}
+    end
+
     test "returns {:default, msgid} if the msgstr is an empty string" do
       assert Backend.lgettext("it", "default", nil, "Empty msgstr!", %{}) ==
                {:default, "Empty msgstr!"}
diff --git a/test/gettext_test.exs b/test/gettext_test.exs
index 249dad78..078c4adc 100644
--- a/test/gettext_test.exs
+++ b/test/gettext_test.exs
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ defmodule GettextTest do
   test "uses custom interpolator" do
     assert Gettext.gettext(GettextTest.TranslatorWithDuckInterpolator, "foo") ==
              "quack foo %{} quack"
+
+    # Translations without interpolation go through the custom interpolator
+    # too, instead of the literal map used with the default interpolator.
+    assert GettextTest.TranslatorWithDuckInterpolator.lgettext(
+             "it",
+             "default",
+             nil,
+             "Hello world",
+             %{}
+           ) == {:ok, "quack Ciao mondo %{} quack"}
   end
 
   test "use Gettext for defining backends is deprecated" do