# Invalid Search results returned

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-search-results-returned/142243>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-search-results-returned/142243 "2018-07-30T20:36:20Z")\
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> [@davidadale](#):
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> Why would the more general search yield fewer results? Why would query for "no" not yield all results with the word "normal"?

Probably because you have indexed `normal` with the default analyzer which indexed it as `normal`.  
`no` is not `normal` so that does not match.

May be use a different analyzer which can produces subtokens like `no`, `nor`, `norm`, `norma` and `normal`? Like a edge ngram based analyzer...

If you don't succeed, could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.

A full reproduction script will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. It will also most likely help to get a faster answer.

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