# Analyzer problem
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 2, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825 "2013-10-02T11:01:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@elyrank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyrank)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825/1 "2013-10-02T11:01:10Z")
Hi,
I'm new to elasticsearch and still trying to understand how exactly all the
index & mapping definitions affect the search.
I defined an edgeNGram analyzer , so I could search for partial words,
but now I have a problem of too many data returning
when I search for "serial" I get results for serialize, serializable ,
serialed ,etc.
but I also get "service" which I don't want
I defined the analyzer as follows:
.startObject("test\_filter\_ngram")
.field("type, "edgeNGram")
.field("min\_gram", 3)
.field("max\_gram", 40)
.endObject()
is there any other way to configure it to avoid false positives , and still
be able to search partial words?
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### Author:  [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825/2 "2013-10-02T22:37:34Z")
Are you using the same analyzer during both indexing and querying? You
should only apply ngrams at index time and search without apply ngrams to
your search terms.
Cheers,
Ivan
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Elyran Kogan [elyran@liveperson.com](mailto:elyran@liveperson.com) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to elasticsearch and still trying to understand how exactly all
> the index & mapping definitions affect the search.
>
> I defined an edgeNGram analyzer , so I could search for partial words,
> but now I have a problem of too many data returning
>
> when I search for "serial" I get results for serialize, serializable ,
> serialed ,etc.
> but I also get "service" which I don't want
>
> I defined the analyzer as follows:
>
> .startObject("test\_filter\_ngram")
> .field("type, "edgeNGram")
> .field("min\_gram", 3)
> .field("max\_gram", 40)
> .endObject()
>
> is there any other way to configure it to avoid false positives , and
> still be able to search partial words?
>
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> Thanks,
> Elyran
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### Author:  [@elyrank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyrank)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825/3 "2013-10-03T11:11:59Z")
that is exactly what I'm doing - I did not specify any analyzer at the query
only at index time.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:
> Are you using the same analyzer during both indexing and querying? You
> should only apply ngrams at index time and search without apply ngrams to
> your search terms.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ivan
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Elyran Kogan [elyran@liveperson.com](mailto:elyran@liveperson.com)wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to elasticsearch and still trying to understand how exactly all
> > the index & mapping definitions affect the search.
> >
> > I defined an edgeNGram analyzer , so I could search for partial words,
> > but now I have a problem of too many data returning
> >
> > when I search for "serial" I get results for serialize, serializable ,
> > serialed ,etc.
> > but I also get "service" which I don't want
> >
> > I defined the analyzer as follows:
> >
> > .startObject("test\_filter\_ngram")
> > .field("type, "edgeNGram")
> > .field("min\_gram", 3)
> > .field("max\_gram", 40)
> > .endObject()
> >
> > is there any other way to configure it to avoid false positives , and
> > still be able to search partial words?
> >
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> > Thanks,
> > Elyran
> >
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-problem/13825/4 "2017-07-06T02:13:56Z")