# More like this query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 19, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553 "2019-11-19T17:43:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Giannis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@Giannis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giannis)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553/1 "2019-11-19T17:43:58Z")

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GET articles/\_search  
{  
"query": {  
"more\_like\_this" : {  
"fields" : ["title"],  
"like" : " Creating the model Apache",  
"min\_term\_freq" : 1,  
"max\_query\_terms" : 12  
}  
}  
}

In articles it exists the exact title " Creating the model Apache" and the query fails to find anything.  
Any idea?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553/2 "2019-11-19T18:16:31Z")

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If you have a tiny index then you might not be meeting the default min\_doc\_freq requirement of 5 uses of that word on a shard.  
See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-mlt-query.html#mlt-query-term-selection](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-mlt-query.html#mlt-query-term-selection)

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**Author:** ![Giannis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@Giannis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giannis)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553/3 "2019-11-23T21:55:51Z")

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Thanks so much!

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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:** [December 21, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-query/208553/4 "2019-12-21T21:55:54Z")

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