diff --git a/ibis/common/deferred.py b/ibis/common/deferred.py
index 5ed0af7f03fc..593cb3a09782 100644
--- a/ibis/common/deferred.py
+++ b/ibis/common/deferred.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from ibis.common.bases import Final, FrozenSlotted, Hashable, Immutable, Slotted
 from ibis.common.collections import FrozenDict
 from ibis.common.typing import Coercible, CoercionError
-from ibis.util import PseudoHashable, is_iterable
+from ibis.util import PseudoHashable
 
 
 class Resolver(Coercible, Hashable):
@@ -519,9 +519,12 @@ def resolver(obj):
     elif isinstance(obj, collections.abc.Mapping):
         # allow nesting deferred patterns in dicts
         return Mapping(obj)
-    elif is_iterable(obj):
+    elif isinstance(obj, collections.abc.Sequence):
         # allow nesting deferred patterns in tuples/lists
-        return Sequence(obj)
+        if isinstance(obj, (str, bytes)):
+            return Just(obj)
+        else:
+            return Sequence(obj)
     elif isinstance(obj, type):
         return Just(obj)
     elif callable(obj):
diff --git a/ibis/common/patterns.py b/ibis/common/patterns.py
index 180e8104e8ee..566b78ee8abe 100644
--- a/ibis/common/patterns.py
+++ b/ibis/common/patterns.py
@@ -1426,15 +1426,18 @@ class PatternList(Slotted, Pattern):
 
     @classmethod
     def __create__(cls, patterns, type=list):
+        if patterns == ():
+            return EqualTo(patterns)
+
         patterns = tuple(map(pattern, patterns))
         for pat in patterns:
             pat = _maybe_unwrap_capture(pat)
             if isinstance(pat, (SomeOf, SomeChunksOf)):
                 return VariadicPatternList(patterns, type)
+
         return super().__create__(patterns, type)
 
     def __init__(self, patterns, type):
-        patterns = tuple(map(pattern, patterns))
         super().__init__(patterns=patterns, type=type)
 
     def describe(self, plural=False):
@@ -1584,12 +1587,15 @@ def pattern(obj: AnyType) -> Pattern:
         return Capture(obj)
     elif isinstance(obj, Mapping):
         raise TypeError("Cannot create a pattern from a mapping")
+    elif isinstance(obj, Sequence):
+        if isinstance(obj, (str, bytes)):
+            return EqualTo(obj)
+        else:
+            return PatternList(obj, type=type(obj))
     elif isinstance(obj, type):
         return InstanceOf(obj)
     elif get_origin(obj):
         return Pattern.from_typehint(obj, allow_coercion=False)
-    elif is_iterable(obj):
-        return PatternList(obj)
     elif callable(obj):
         return Custom(obj)
     else:
diff --git a/ibis/common/tests/test_patterns.py b/ibis/common/tests/test_patterns.py
index ad9d78a4077d..8a80f1412191 100644
--- a/ibis/common/tests/test_patterns.py
+++ b/ibis/common/tests/test_patterns.py
@@ -842,6 +842,11 @@ def test_matching_sequence_pattern():
     assert match([Some(...), 2, 3, 4, Some(...)], list(range(8))) == list(range(8))
 
 
+def test_matching_sequence_pattern_keeps_original_type():
+    assert match([1, 2, 3, 4, Some(...)], tuple(range(1, 9))) == list(range(1, 9))
+    assert match((1, 2, 3, Some(...)), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) == (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
+
+
 def test_matching_sequence_with_captures():
     v = list(range(1, 9))
     assert match([1, 2, 3, 4, Some(...)], v) == v