# Customize score in proximity query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-score-in-proximity-query/28656>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 4, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-score-in-proximity-query/28656 "2015-09-04T07:47:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bb73d2/32.png) [@xam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xam)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-score-in-proximity-query/28656/1 "2015-09-04T07:47:55Z")

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I notice that phrase query with slop give an higher score to document that contain the query terms closed to each other. Is there a way to customize the way the score is calculted with this proximity information? Can we also boost term that are close to the beginning of the field?

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 5, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-score-in-proximity-query/28656/2 "2017-07-05T23:52:06Z")

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