# Fuzziness parameter disables cutoff\_frequency in multi\_match query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-disables-cutoff-frequency-in-multi-match-query/129893>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 27, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-disables-cutoff-frequency-in-multi-match-query/129893 "2018-04-27T21:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ben\_purdy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben_purdy/32/30567_2.png) [@ben\_purdy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben_purdy)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-disables-cutoff-frequency-in-multi-match-query/129893/1 "2018-04-27T21:48:52Z")

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As in the title, setting a value to fuzziness (even 0) will make the multi\_match query ignore the cutoff\_frequency parameter.

In fact setting fuzziness to 0 and a cutoff\_frequency, will return the same results of a multi\_match query with neither of them set.

Is this the default behavior or a bug?

I'm trying it on an index with only one shard and elasticsearch 6.2.3

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**Author:** ![ben\_purdy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben_purdy/32/30567_2.png) [@ben\_purdy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben_purdy)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-disables-cutoff-frequency-in-multi-match-query/129893/2 "2018-04-27T22:15:53Z")

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To reproduce:  
Setup

```

{
   "settings":{
      "index":{
         "refresh_interval":"1s",
         "number_of_shards":"1",
         "number_of_replicas":"1"
      }
   },
   "mappings":{
      "generic":{
         "properties":{
            "summary":{
               "type":"text"
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

```

Add some data in it:

```

http://localhost:9200/test/generic/1
{
  "summary" : "The dog"
}

http://localhost:9200/test/generic/2
{
  "summary" : "The cod"
}

http://localhost:9200/test/generic/3
{
  "summary" : "The Cutoff Test"
}

```

Search for something with both cutoff\_frequency and fuzziness:

```

{
   "query":{
            "multi_match":{
            	"cutoff_frequency": 0.001,
               "fuzziness": "0",
               "query":"The bod",
               "fields":[
                  "summary"
               ]
            }
   }
}

```

For me it is returing everything because it isnt respecting the cutoff\_frequency parameter.

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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:** [May 25, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-disables-cutoff-frequency-in-multi-match-query/129893/3 "2018-05-25T22:15:55Z")

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