# Jaro Winkler algorithm in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505 "2023-05-27T17:14:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bakhodur\_Karomatov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bakhodur_karomatov/32/121520_2.png) [@Bakhodur\_Karomatov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bakhodur_Karomatov)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/1 "2023-05-27T17:14:28Z")

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can i use jaro winkler algorithm in elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![RabBit\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rabbit_br/32/82261_2.png) [@RabBit\_BR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RabBit_BR)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/2 "2023-05-27T19:11:46Z")

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Hi @Bakhodur_Karomatov.

I didn't find documentation saying it's possible to use. I saw some similar questions without answers. Do you want to use it instead of the Levenshtein Distance algorithm?

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**Author:** ![Bakhodur\_Karomatov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bakhodur_karomatov/32/121520_2.png) [@Bakhodur\_Karomatov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bakhodur_Karomatov)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/3 "2023-05-28T03:15:32Z")

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Hi @RabBit_BR  
Yes, I want to use the Jaro Winkler algorithm instead of the Levenshtein Distance algorithm.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/4 "2023-05-28T03:16:58Z")

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I believe that is not supported.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/5 "2023-05-28T23:18:32Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

This isn't an algorithm we natively support. You _might_ be able to do something with scripting but it's likely going to be difficult, and I would suggest creating a feature request on GitHub for this.

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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:** [June 25, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaro-winkler-algorithm-in-elasticsearch/334505/6 "2023-06-25T23:19:25Z")

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