# Prefer matching search text in beginning of result using elasticsearch in ElasticSearch Match Query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefer-matching-search-text-in-beginning-of-result-using-elasticsearch-in-elasticsearch-match-query/325178>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefer-matching-search-text-in-beginning-of-result-using-elasticsearch-in-elasticsearch-match-query/325178 "2023-02-09T16:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![pavel4008](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pavel4008/32/116993_2.png) [@pavel4008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pavel4008)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefer-matching-search-text-in-beginning-of-result-using-elasticsearch-in-elasticsearch-match-query/325178/1 "2023-02-09T16:44:22Z")

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I have a query and sometimes I can't get to return the most relevant answer:

```auto
GET /items2/_search
{
      "query": {
        "match": {
          "description": {
            "query": "query_value",
            "fuzziness": "AUTO:3,5",
            "max_expansions": 10,
            "prefix_length": 0
          }
        }
      }
}

```

I want to return firstly `query_value another_value` then `another_value query_value`. I know about `span_first`, but for the text field for fuzzy search, this is not suitable.

How I can do this with Match Query?

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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:** [March 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefer-matching-search-text-in-beginning-of-result-using-elasticsearch-in-elasticsearch-match-query/325178/2 "2023-03-09T16:44:29Z")

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