How can you know if a fuzzy search has exact matches in returned results

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If you are using the "fuzziness" parameter from "query_string" is there any way for you to know if you have any exact match in your results?
My main problem is to figure out what searches would fail (end with 0 results) if I had not used the fuzziness. Any advices?

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I would try using a boolean query here with two should clauses (with default minimum_should_match = 1):

  1. Should be an exact match
  2. Should be a fuzzy match

Use named queries to see if sub-query 1 matched.

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Hi Loren,

Thanks a lot! You had a brilliant method here :slight_smile:

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Great! Glad to be of help.

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