# Find word position in large text

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 14, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370 "2019-07-14T06:32:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![josie\_kat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/josie_kat/32/50083_2.png) [@josie\_kat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josie_kat)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370/1 "2019-07-14T06:32:34Z")

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is there a possibility to find the exact location of word or phrase found in large text field?

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**Author:** ![Murphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Murphy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Murphy)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370/2 "2019-07-15T02:24:53Z")

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One possible solution is Term Vectors API, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-termvectors.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-termvectors.html)

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**Author:** ![josie\_kat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/josie_kat/32/50083_2.png) [@josie\_kat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josie_kat)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370/3 "2019-07-16T11:44:02Z")

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> [@Murphy](#):
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> [Term vectors API | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-termvectors.html)

Thanks, I'll try that!

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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:** [August 13, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-word-position-in-large-text/190370/4 "2019-08-13T11:44:05Z")

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