# Is there a problem with elasticsearch query\_string?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-problem-with-elasticsearch-query-string/20507>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 30, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-problem-with-elasticsearch-query-string/20507 "2014-10-30T22:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sulemanmubarik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@sulemanmubarik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sulemanmubarik)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-problem-with-elasticsearch-query-string/20507/1 "2014-10-30T22:59:33Z")

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Hi  
i am running a search with accent "chín\*" i am using query string but i don't get any hits  
if i use prefix then i get the correct number of results  
is there any problem with query string and it is unable to handle search with accent?

here are both search json  
{  
"query": {  
"query\_string": {  
"query": "chín\*",  
"fields": [],  
"use\_dis\_max": false,  
"default\_operator": "and",  
"allow\_leading\_wildcard": false  
}  
}  
}

{  
"query": {  
"multi\_match": {  
"query": "ch?n\*",  
"fields": [],  
"type": "phrase\_prefix",  
"max\_expansions": 100,  
"tie\_breaker": 0,  
"zero\_terms\_query": "NONE"  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-problem-with-elasticsearch-query-string/20507/2 "2014-10-31T07:27:36Z")

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I think it's a concern about analyzers but might be incorrect.  
You should provide a full curl/SENSE recreation and GIST it.

David

> Le 30 oct. 2014 à 23:59, sulemanmubarik [sulemanmubarik@gmail.com](mailto:sulemanmubarik@gmail.com) a écrit :
> 
> Hi  
> i am running a search with accent "chín\*" i am using query string but i  
> don't get any hits  
> if i use prefix then i get the correct number of results  
> is there any problem with query string and it is unable to handle search  
> with accent?
> 
> here are both search json  
> {  
> "query": {  
> "query\_string": {  
> "query": "chín\*",  
> "fields": ,  
> "use\_dis\_max": false,  
> "default\_operator": "and",  
> "allow\_leading\_wildcard": false  
> }  
> }  
> }
> 
> {  
> "query": {  
> "multi\_match": {  
> "query": "ch?n\*",  
> "fields": ,  
> "type": "phrase\_prefix",  
> "max\_expansions": 100,  
> "tie\_breaker": 0,  
> "zero\_terms\_query": "NONE"  
> }  
> }  
> }
> 
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-problem-with-elasticsearch-query-string/20507/3 "2017-07-06T00:52:53Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:52am UTC