# "more\_like\_this query result": More relevant document got lesser relevance score than the lesser relevant document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query-result-more-relevant-document-got-lesser-relevance-score-than-the-lesser-relevant-document/72019>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 18, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query-result-more-relevant-document-got-lesser-relevance-score-than-the-lesser-relevant-document/72019 "2017-01-18T14:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![rastogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@rastogi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rastogi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query-result-more-relevant-document-got-lesser-relevance-score-than-the-lesser-relevant-document/72019/1 "2017-01-18T14:06:47Z")

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The scenario is as follows:

1.) created an index with documents.  
2.) tried to execute more\_like\_this query on the index. It tries to search a keyword in a particular field in all the indexed docs.  
3.) the obtained result contains unexpected result.  
4.) the keyword has two letters say A and B, ("A B").  
5.) the first ranked document contains B and has 4 words in total in the field (based on which search is performed).  
6.) the second ranked document contains B followed by A ("B A") and the length of the field is 15 words long.  
7.) the above result seems incorrect. **The more relevant document got lesser relevance score than the lesser relevant document. I have a feeling that fieldnorm being enabled might be the reason.**

Disabling fieldnorm is not working, hence can't narrow down as of now. I've created a post for it as well in the forum. **Can there be any other possible reasons for this issue?**

Kindly let me know if any more clarification is required on the issue.

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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:** [February 15, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query-result-more-relevant-document-got-lesser-relevance-score-than-the-lesser-relevant-document/72019/2 "2017-02-15T14:07:21Z")

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