# Does not match words exactly **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 29, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-match-words-exactly/17265 "2014-04-29T14:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Lamb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brian_lamb/32/1452_2.png) [@Brian\_Lamb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brian_Lamb)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-match-words-exactly/17265/1 "2014-04-29T14:08:55Z")
Hello all, I'm running into a issue with elastic search where if I use a common terms query, it will not match the individual words in the query: curl -XPOST "[http://localhost:9200/myIndex/\_search](http://localhost:9200/myIndex/_search)" -d' { "query" : { "bool" : { "should" : [ { "common" : { "fieldA" : { "query" : "This is a sample sentence that I am searching on" } } }, { "common" : { "fieldB" : { "query" : "This is another but completely different sample sentence that I am searching on" } } } ] } }, "filter" : { "range" : { "date" : { "gte": "1998-10-30 00:00:00", "lte": "1998-11-30 00:00:00" } } } }' The issue I'm running into is that if my document contains the word "sentence", it is not returned. However, if it contains the word "sentence _s_", it will be returned. I need it to return the documents that contain the word "sentence". What am I doing incorrectly? Thanks, Brian Lamb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-match-words-exactly/17265/2 "2014-05-05T10:20:29Z")
Hey, in order for others to follow it might make a lot of sense to provide a complete example, which can be used by others to rebuild your problem (instead of just supplying a query), see [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/help) Thanks! --Alex On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Brian Lamb [brian.lamb@researchsquare.com](mailto:brian.lamb@researchsquare.com)wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm running into a issue with Elasticsearch where if I use a common terms > query, it will not match the individual words in the query: > > curl -XPOST "[http://localhost:9200/myIndex/\_search](http://localhost:9200/myIndex/_search)" -d' > { > "query" : { > "bool" : { > "should" : [ > { > "common" : { > "fieldA" : { > "query" : "This is a sample sentence that I am > searching on" > } > } > }, > { > "common" : { > "fieldB" : { > "query" : "This is another but completely different > sample sentence that I am searching on" > } > } > } > ] > } > }, > "filter" : { > "range" : { > "date" : { > "gte": "1998-10-30 00:00:00", > "lte": "1998-11-30 00:00:00" > } > } > } > }' > > The issue I'm running into is that if my document contains the word > "sentence", it is not returned. However, if it contains the word "sentence > _s_", it will be returned. I need it to return the documents that contain > the word "sentence". > > What am I doing incorrectly? > > Thanks, > > Brian Lamb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/09ed56d0-2d31-4f95-a101-1d8dff032a5e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-OeZS8EV8nrPbBOmBfVBFC%3DArzjXJTsECLD9ypkfANTw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-OeZS8EV8nrPbBOmBfVBFC%3DArzjXJTsECLD9ypkfANTw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-match-words-exactly/17265/3 "2017-07-06T01:31:45Z")