# Inconsistencies in search results with and without special characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Tags:** elastic-site-search\ **Created:** [January 21, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistencies-in-search-results-with-and-without-special-characters/165091 "2019-01-21T16:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![haraldurkarls](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/haraldurkarls/32/40032_2.png) [@haraldurkarls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haraldurkarls)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistencies-in-search-results-with-and-without-special-characters/165091/1 "2019-01-21T16:49:05Z")
I am getting different results depending if I input the search term with Icelandic characters or replace them with "fallback" characters using only the English alphabet. **Query: _framtíðarreikningur_** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/3/1326d30a3db8dd144aa12449cb306ed794684ea6.png) Notice how matching words in response are not in bold font. **Query: _framtidarreikningur_** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/d/5d8453af0664048b97db6b95c3e53a3d11e3c2fb.png) Matching words are correctly in bold font. When querying the API directly I am getting same results. When using Icelandic characters the `highlight` object is empty. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistencies-in-search-results-with-and-without-special-characters/165091/2 "2019-02-18T16:49:06Z")
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