# Fuzziness parameter in a query **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 7, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-in-a-query/318344 "2022-11-07T14:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ivo\_Tavares](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ivo_tavares/32/110022_2.png) [@Ivo\_Tavares](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivo_Tavares)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-in-a-query/318344/1 "2022-11-07T14:59:26Z")
I'm trying to understand the documentation of the [fuzziness parameter](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.5/common-options.html#fuzziness). I'm not sure what the low and high values for AUTO mean. Why is it that when I do a query with "AUTO:0,2" I get a result(supposedly an exact match), but when I do the exact same query with "AUTO:6,12" (supposedly up to two changes), I get no results... ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-in-a-query/318344/2 "2022-11-07T15:23:14Z")
What is your query and what do you expect to match and not match in the various cases? What is the mapping for the field? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzziness-parameter-in-a-query/318344/3 "2022-12-05T15:24:03Z")
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