# Practical scoring function

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/practical-scoring-function/266473>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/practical-scoring-function/266473 "2021-03-07T12:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tlm\_Konstantinos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tlm_konstantinos/32/78397_2.png) [@Tlm\_Konstantinos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tlm_Konstantinos)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/practical-scoring-function/266473/1 "2021-03-07T12:28:50Z")

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Hi everyone. I am currently working on figuring out the practical scoring function of elastic search queries. I would like to know what scores give bad text or semantic similarity. What is the threshold that shows little or no similarity?

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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:** [April 4, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/practical-scoring-function/266473/2 "2021-04-04T12:28:55Z")

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