# Elasticsearch fuzzy search scores the same for exact match and non-exact match

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fuzzy-search-scores-the-same-for-exact-match-and-non-exact-match/13048>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 2, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fuzzy-search-scores-the-same-for-exact-match-and-non-exact-match/13048 "2013-08-02T20:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tolga\_Tezel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tolga_tezel/32/2188_2.png) [@Tolga\_Tezel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tolga_Tezel)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fuzzy-search-scores-the-same-for-exact-match-and-non-exact-match/13048/1 "2013-08-02T20:59:00Z")

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I index two documents, one with text "testphone5" and one with text  
"testphone 4s". I then perform a fuzzy query on the `text` field,  
specifying "testphone5" as the value. Both documents get returned with the  
exact same score. Why is this? Shouldn't the exact match have a higher  
score than the non-exact match?

Gist to recreate the issue is below (it's really simple):

> <https://gist.github.com/ttezel/6143316>

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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, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fuzzy-search-scores-the-same-for-exact-match-and-non-exact-match/13048/3 "2017-07-05T22:02:44Z")

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