# Minimum\_should\_match with ngrams

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-should-match-with-ngrams/127198>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 8, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-should-match-with-ngrams/127198 "2018-04-08T08:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mikk\_Kiilaspaa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikk_kiilaspaa/32/29740_2.png) [@Mikk\_Kiilaspaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikk_Kiilaspaa)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-should-match-with-ngrams/127198/1 "2018-04-08T08:55:44Z")

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It seems to me as if I can't specify that I want more than a single ngram match on a document.  
Query and response here: [https://pastebin.com/3ukD5yWR](https://pastebin.com/3ukD5yWR)

I'd like to only get back documents, where a word contains all or most of the queried word.

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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:** [May 6, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-should-match-with-ngrams/127198/2 "2018-05-06T08:55:47Z")

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