# Query\_string exact match returning word derivations

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-exact-match-returning-word-derivations/45173>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-exact-match-returning-word-derivations/45173 "2016-03-23T00:45:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomiford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tomiford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomiford)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-exact-match-returning-word-derivations/45173/1 "2016-03-23T00:45:43Z")

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Hi

I am using elasticsearch query\_string to attempt to return exact match results when using quotes. It is returning derivations of the root words I am searching for, not the exact match.

For example, if I search for:

"web developer"

The search results also return:

web developer  
web development

phrase\_slop is set to 0.

When the index is built content is passed through a stop filter and stemmer.

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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 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-exact-match-returning-word-derivations/45173/2 "2017-07-05T23:06:03Z")

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