# FuzzyQuery with default analyzer

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzyquery-with-default-analyzer/12602>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 1, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzyquery-with-default-analyzer/12602 "2013-07-01T13:23:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ollir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/58f4c7/32.png) [@ollir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ollir)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzyquery-with-default-analyzer/12602/1 "2013-07-01T13:23:34Z")

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Given the following index, built with the default analyzer on value field:

{  
state: open  
settings: {  
index.number\_of\_shards: 5  
index.number\_of\_replicas: 1  
index.version.created: 900299  
}  
mappings: {  
foppi: {  
properties: {  
value: {  
type: string  
}  
}  
}  
}  
aliases: []  
}

After populating the index with a single value "myvalue", and trying to search using the \_plugin/head UI, the fuzzy search builds the following query:

..  
{  
fuzzy: {  
foppi.value: {  
value: myva  
}  
}  
}  
..

Using the query returns no results. After trying a different set of queries, the only matches were those with a levenshtein distance of two or less, for example "myvalu" and "myvalueee". Even using arbitrary values for the min\_similarity and max\_expansions parameters had no effect.

Is the default analyzer suitable for fuzzyqueries?

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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, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fuzzyquery-with-default-analyzer/12602/2 "2017-07-06T02:28:48Z")

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