# Fuzzy search = Spell checking?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-search-spell-checking/7820>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 23, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-search-spell-checking/7820 "2012-05-23T10:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mrblue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrblue/32/23268_2.png) [@mrblue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrblue)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-search-spell-checking/7820/1 "2012-05-23T10:12:41Z")

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Hi everybody,

i just found the possibility to do a fuzzy search. I am now wondering if  
this is the same as spell chekking.. ?

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-search-spell-checking/7820/2 "2012-05-25T20:33:17Z")

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It can certainly be used for spell checking, the main problem is that fuzzy  
search is not fast currently (will be faster in the next Lucene version,  
4.0, though its not out...).

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, mrblue [john.agricola.27@googlemail.com](mailto:john.agricola.27@googlemail.com)wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> i just found the possibility to do a fuzzy search. I am now wondering if  
> this is the same as spell chekking.. ?

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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 6, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzy-search-spell-checking/7820/3 "2017-07-06T03:27:01Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:27am UTC