# Is prefix query is slow?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-prefix-query-is-slow/8353>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-prefix-query-is-slow/8353 "2012-07-09T05:52:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-prefix-query-is-slow/8353/1 "2012-07-09T05:52:08Z")

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I am using prefix query and wildcard query but prefix query is taking to  
much time compared to wildcard.

"query": {  
"prefix": {  
"Item.HinTitle.HindiTitlek": "क"  
}

{

- took: 2000
- timed\_out: false
- \_shards: {
  - total: 5
  - successful: 5
  - failed: 0  
}

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**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, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-prefix-query-is-slow/8353/2 "2017-07-06T03:21:02Z")

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