# How to retrieve the number of matched terms?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retrieve-the-number-of-matched-terms/302430
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 14, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retrieve-the-number-of-matched-terms/302430 "2022-04-14T12:33:57Z")
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### Author:  [@Filip4D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Filip4D)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retrieve-the-number-of-matched-terms/302430/1 "2022-04-14T12:33:57Z")
Hey everyone, is there a way to count the number of matching words in the results. I.e. if I have the following query, I'd like to know for the results set, how many of the words: african, american and male were matched (1, 2 or all 3).
I would like to sort the results first by number of matched words, then by account type and then after that by the relevance score. Is something like this possible? I know that Elasticsearch allows for a minimum\_should\_match parameter that checks against the number of matched terms, so this must be calculated somewhere. I'm just wondering if its possible to access this value?
Thank you!
```auto
GET /talent_portfolios/_search
{
"query": {
"match": {
"title": "african american male"
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retrieve-the-number-of-matched-terms/302430/2 "2022-05-12T12:34:07Z")
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