# Please explain how rewrite top\_terms\_n works

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-explain-how-rewrite-top-terms-n-works/270128>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-explain-how-rewrite-top-terms-n-works/270128 "2021-04-14T14:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![carantunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@carantunes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carantunes)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-explain-how-rewrite-top-terms-n-works/270128/1 "2021-04-14T14:56:15Z")

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Can someone expand a bit on how rewrite top\_terms\_n works?

Related to [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-results-using-query-string-wildcard-query-with-rewrite-top-terms-n/269680](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-results-using-query-string-wildcard-query-with-rewrite-top-terms-n/269680)

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![carantunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@carantunes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carantunes)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-explain-how-rewrite-top-terms-n-works/270128/2 "2021-05-11T08:57:59Z")

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bump

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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:** [June 8, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-explain-how-rewrite-top-terms-n-works/270128/3 "2021-06-08T08:58:07Z")

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