# Problem when using stemmer

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-using-stemmer/8397>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 12, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-using-stemmer/8397 "2012-07-12T13:47:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Taieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Taieb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Taieb)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-using-stemmer/8397/1 "2012-07-12T13:47:52Z")

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Hi,

I used a stemmer tokenizer with light\_french langage, and when I test to  
search for example : "masag" → it works and I receive the doc that contain  
the word 'massage'  
But the problem is when I search with 'masage' → 0 hits in result

I used this QueryDSL : text, text\_phrase\_prefix, field  
When I used Fuzzy Query, it solves the problem, however I think that it  
hasn't sens to use Fuzzy Query with stemmers !

Is there any solution ?  
Thanks

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-using-stemmer/8397/2 "2017-07-06T03:20:31Z")

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