# How to sort fuzzy result by Levenshtein distance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-fuzzy-result-by-levenshtein-distance/19700 "2014-09-10T07:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11151](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/11151/32/1290_2.png) [@11151](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/11151)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-fuzzy-result-by-levenshtein-distance/19700/1 "2014-09-10T07:18:16Z")
I want that in the search results exact matches had more weight. Example: dest test tesd desd I want to see such a result by "query" = test test (Levenshtein distance = 0) dest (Levenshtein distance = 1) tesd (Levenshtein distance = 1) desd (Levenshtein distance = 2) But a see: dest desd test tesd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/29655425-c6f1-44a4-b6eb-9520bcc2c208%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/29655425-c6f1-44a4-b6eb-9520bcc2c208%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-fuzzy-result-by-levenshtein-distance/19700/2 "2017-07-06T01:03:30Z")