# Recognition of similar words in a search?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recognition-of-similar-words-in-a-search/337311>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recognition-of-similar-words-in-a-search/337311 "2023-06-30T12:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul-III](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paul-iii/32/122893_2.png) [@Paul-III](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul-III)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recognition-of-similar-words-in-a-search/337311/1 "2023-06-30T12:19:25Z")

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Is Elastic Search able to recognize that search for  
_housedoor_ is the same as search for _house door_  
and so delivering results for both?

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**Author:** ![Wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wave/32/117242_2.png) [@Wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wave)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recognition-of-similar-words-in-a-search/337311/2 "2023-07-10T14:32:46Z")

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Hi @Paul-III,

What you are asking about is stemming and you can find out more about it [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/stemming.html) in elastic's documentation.

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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:** [August 7, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recognition-of-similar-words-in-a-search/337311/3 "2023-08-07T14:33:38Z")

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