# Acronym Search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077 "2015-08-08T16:16:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sivaprakash\_Shanmuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Sivaprakash\_Shanmuga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sivaprakash_Shanmuga)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/1 "2015-08-08T16:16:30Z")

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Hi

Is there any option to match Acronym from Indexed data. For example, In the indexed document I have

Internet Of Things --\> IoT  
Master of Science -- \> MS  
United States --\> USA

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/2 "2015-08-10T03:16:53Z")

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It's not a plugin that I know of.

You could do this with synonyms too.

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**Author:** ![Kiran\_Sriharsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@Kiran\_Sriharsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kiran_Sriharsha)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/3 "2015-08-10T03:28:45Z")

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Can you explain how to build synonyms or use ES once we have synonyms?

Thanks  
Sri Harsha

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/4 "2015-08-10T03:34:12Z")

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[The docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/synonyms.html) have a chapter on just this 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kiran\_Sriharsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@Kiran\_Sriharsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kiran_Sriharsha)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/5 "2015-08-10T03:59:08Z")

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Awesome 🙂

Thanks warkolm 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/acronym-search/27077/6 "2017-07-05T23:56:39Z")

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