# Fuzzy matching hashtag with Simple Query String Query
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416 "2022-12-03T17:49:51Z")
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### Author:  [@kabcampbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kabcampbell)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416/1 "2022-12-03T17:49:51Z")
I have an indexed field named "searchBucket" with the term "#revit" in it. Here is the analyzer applied to that field:
```auto
"default" : {
"filter" : [
"lowercase",
"asciifolding",
"english_stopwords_filter",
"minimal_english_stemmer"
],
"char_filter" : "html_strip",
"type" : "custom",
"tokenizer" : "uax_url_email"
}
```
Via the Analyze API I've confirmed that this is the token that is generated:
```auto
{
"tokens" : [
{
"token" : "revit",
"start_offset" : 1,
"end_offset" : 6,
"type" : "",
"position" : 0
}
]
}
```
I'm trying to search this field using the Simple Query String Query as follows:
```auto
"simple_query_string": {
"default_operator": "and",
"fields": ["searchBucket"],
"flags": "AND|OR|NOT|PREFIX|PHRASE|PRECEDENCE|WHITESPACE|FUZZY",
"fuzzy_prefix_length": 1,
"fuzzy_transpositions": true,
"lenient": true,
"query": "#reivt~",
"quote_field_suffix": ".exact"
}
```
As you can see, I'm trying to run a fuzzy query where the "i" and "v" are transposed. This does not match. However, if I remove the "#" from the beginning of the query and search "reivt~" it does match. Also if I remove the tilde from the query and search "#revit" it matches.
So it seems like perhaps using the tilde (fuzzy query) means that the field's analyzer isn't being applied? Is there anyone that can confirm this? Or can anyone give me a way to get the lucene query that is being generated under the hood for the simple query string query?
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### Author:  [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416/2 "2022-12-08T21:12:05Z")
> [@kabcampbell](#):
>
> can anyone give me a way to get the lucene query that is being generated under the hood for the simple query string query
You should be able to use the "\_validate/query" endpoint for this. Use the parameter "explain=true" as described [in the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-validate.html) to see what query gets generated from this.
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### Author:  [@kabcampbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kabcampbell)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416/3 "2022-12-08T22:44:51Z")
Thank you Christophe, that was helpful. It appears that the `"fuzzy_prefix_length": 1` might be the problem. If that value is set to 0, the match succeeds. Since the "#" is the first character it seems to be left intact, even though the analyzer would typically strip that out. I guess I can try resetting that value back to the default of 0. It's still confusing to me why the analyzer doesn't get applied consistently - it's not like it ignores the first character completely. For example, if I type "Revit" the lowercase token filter still gets applied to that first character.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-matching-hashtag-with-simple-query-string-query/320416/4 "2023-01-05T22:45:07Z")
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