# Cross token fuzziness?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732 "2020-06-11T15:29:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ivanibash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ivanibash/32/60905_2.png) [@ivanibash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanibash)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/1 "2020-06-11T15:29:49Z")

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I have some records in my db which are stored both as "A B company" and "AB company". Is there a way to fire off a query "A B company" and get both? I looked into fuzziness parameter but it seems like it won't do that, it would only insert/modify characters within a single token.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/2 "2020-06-11T15:50:38Z")

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If they're short values you can always index as single-word `keyword` fields as well as `text` fields

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**Author:** ![ivanibash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ivanibash/32/60905_2.png) [@ivanibash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanibash)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/3 "2020-06-11T16:20:48Z")

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You mean like, squash into a single word, index in a separate field and maybe have a weighted combination of the two fields?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/4 "2020-06-11T16:28:44Z")

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I mean one JSON field still but potentially [multiple indexed forms](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-fields.html)

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**Author:** ![ivanibash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ivanibash/32/60905_2.png) [@ivanibash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanibash)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/5 "2020-06-11T16:31:28Z")

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Yes sorry that's what I meant. Will look into it, thanks.

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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 9, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-token-fuzziness/236732/6 "2020-07-09T16:31:30Z")

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Closed on July 9, 2020, 4:31pm UTC

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