# Match phrase prefix query not working as expected
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-query-not-working-as-expected/227233
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-query-not-working-as-expected/227233 "2020-04-09T05:15:56Z")
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### Author:  [@oneoneonepig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oneoneonepig)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-query-not-working-as-expected/227233/1 "2020-04-09T05:15:56Z")
According to the documents:
> **Match phrase prefix query**
> Returns documents that contain the words of a provided text, in the **same order** as provided. The last term of the provided text is treated as a [prefix](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-prefix-query.html), matching any words that begin with that term.
The following queries doesn't work with matching single character, but matches with 2+ characters, which contradicts with the example provided in the documents here -\> [Match phrase prefix query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase-prefix.html#match-phrase-prefix-query-ex-request)
```auto
GET shakespeare/_mapping/field/text_entry
---------- OUTPUT----------
{
"shakespeare" : {
"mappings" : {
"text_entry" : {
"full_name" : "text_entry",
"mapping" : {
"text_entry" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore_above" : 256
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
```auto
POST shakespeare/_search
{
"_source": "text_entry",
"size": 100,
"query": {
"match_phrase_prefix": {
"text_entry": "farewell g"
}
}
}
---------- OUTPUT----------
{
"took" : 1,
"timed_out" : false,
"_shards" : {
"total" : 1,
"successful" : 1,
"skipped" : 0,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : {
"value" : 0,
"relation" : "eq"
},
"max_score" : null,
"hits" : []
}
}
```
```auto
POST shakespeare/_search
{
"_source": "text_entry",
"size": 100,
"query": {
"match_phrase_prefix": {
"text_entry": "farewell ge"
}
}
}
---------- OUTPUT----------
{
"took" : 1,
"timed_out" : false,
"_shards" : {
"total" : 1,
"successful" : 1,
"skipped" : 0,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : {
"value" : 3,
"relation" : "eq"
},
"max_score" : 641.55804,
"hits" : [
{
"_index" : "shakespeare",
"_type" : "doc",
"_id" : "44803",
"_score" : 641.55804,
"_source" : {
"text_entry" : "Farewell, gentle cousin."
}
},
{
"_index" : "shakespeare",
"_type" : "doc",
"_id" : "65901",
"_score" : 559.4885,
"_source" : {
"text_entry" : "Farewell, gentle mistress: farewell, Nan."
}
},
{
"_index" : "shakespeare",
"_type" : "doc",
"_id" : "83805",
"_score" : 525.8544,
"_source" : {
"text_entry" : "Farewell, good cousin; farewell, gentle friends."
}
}
]
}
}
```
Just to mention, the default standard analyzer is used; the "g" character is not discarded by the analyzer.
```auto
POST shakespeare/_analyze
{
"field": "text_entry",
"text": "farewell g"
}
---------- OUTPUT----------
{
"tokens" : [
{
"token" : "farewell",
"start_offset" : 0,
"end_offset" : 8,
"type" : "",
"position" : 0
},
{
"token" : "g",
"start_offset" : 9,
"end_offset" : 10,
"type" : "",
"position" : 1
}
]
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-phrase-prefix-query-not-working-as-expected/227233/2 "2020-05-07T05:16:05Z")
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