# Prefix Search
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefix-search/273324
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-app-search
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefix-search/273324 "2021-05-18T16:58:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@pesc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pesc)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefix-search/273324/1 "2021-05-18T16:58:44Z")
Hi
Is it possible to use a PrefixSearch with Appsearch?
With Elasticsearch it's easy. Something like that:
```auto
{
"query": {
"match_phrase_prefix": {
"aaaa_record$string": {
"query": "2a02:168:2132:"
}
}
}
}
```
or
```auto
{
"query": {
"prefix": {
"aaaa_record$string": {
"value": "2a02:168:2132:"
}
}
}
}
```
Any idea how to use it with AppSearch?
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### Author:  [@ross.bell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ross.bell)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefix-search/273324/2 "2021-05-24T18:55:00Z")
Hey @pesc,
There's no current way to explicitly use a prefix search. However, matching on the prefix of a field should still work in most cases. What version of App Search are you running? This behavior was slightly changed in [7.12](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/current/release-notes-7.12.0.html), although the intent was actually to improve typo-tolerance.
Ross
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prefix-search/273324/3 "2021-06-21T18:55:37Z")
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