# More\_like\_this not returning right results

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-not-returning-right-results/141693>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-not-returning-right-results/141693 "2018-07-26T05:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![anandjoshi77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anandjoshi77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anandjoshi77)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-not-returning-right-results/141693/1 "2018-07-26T05:58:52Z")

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Hello team,

I'm exploring more\_like\_this option but not getting expected results.

I have data from application logs and I want to find all entries which have "backup" in them.

Now this can be present in multiple ways like "backup", "back up", "backups" etc.

I tried using more\_like\_this, but when I enter "like" : ["backup","back up"], I found it is fetching results for terms which have "UP" (and no "back" word in it) in them, which as a result is wrong for me.

Am I doing something very wrong? How can I pass a term which has "space" in it?

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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:** [August 23, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-not-returning-right-results/141693/2 "2018-08-23T05:58:54Z")

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