# Match\_phrase\_prefix ... fuzzy not working on multi-word terms
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-fuzzy-not-working-on-multi-word-terms/17154
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 23, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-fuzzy-not-working-on-multi-word-terms/17154 "2014-04-23T18:07:47Z")
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### Author:  [@chimpsarehungry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chimpsarehungry)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-fuzzy-not-working-on-multi-word-terms/17154/1 "2014-04-23T18:07:47Z")
Fuzziness is working for misspelled single words, but not if they're part
of a phrase.
Why would this be?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-fuzzy-not-working-on-multi-word-terms/17154/2 "2017-07-06T01:34:00Z")