# Strict and fuzzy searching in ES
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482 "2018-01-29T15:06:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Nikita\_Krasnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikita_Krasnov)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/1 "2018-01-29T15:06:52Z")
Here muy json:
```
{
"office": "office 52",
"header": "some test"
}
```
I have such Java code:
```
BoolQueryBuilder bqb = QueryBuilders.boolQuery();
if (esLogRequest.getHeader() != null) {
bqb.filter(QueryBuilders.fuzzyQuery("header", esLogRequest.getHeader())
.fuzziness(Fuzziness.AUTO));
}
if (esLogRequest.getOffice() != null) {
bqb.must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("office", esLogRequest.getOffice()));
}
```
I want such result:
1. Searching of header should work with only one part of header or full header. For example: `"header"` in ES is `"some test"` and I want search with part of it - `"test`" or full name `"some test"`
2. I want to search due to strick meaning. For example:`"office"` in ES is `"office 52"` and I want to search only for that meaning `"office 52"`
In my case first example works when I search for part of text but not full text.
In second case, it works when in ES is record `"52"` or "office" and I search for`"52"` or `"office"` - it works fine. But when in ES is record `"office 52"` - I can't find such record (maybe because of space).
What should I do in such cases?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/2 "2018-01-29T15:21:49Z")
If you want strict matching, then you need to use a `keyword` type instead of a `text` type for your field.
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### Author:  [@Nikita\_Krasnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikita_Krasnov)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/3 "2018-01-29T15:27:33Z")
Ok, for strict fields I will change mapping on "keyword".
But what should I do for not strict(fuzzy) search? I have discribed problem upper.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/4 "2018-01-29T15:42:12Z")
Use a Match query I guess.
Better to provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing.
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### Author:  [@Nikita\_Krasnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikita_Krasnov)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/5 "2018-01-30T08:34:59Z")
this helps:
```
if (esLogRequest.getHeader() != null) {
bqb.filter(QueryBuilders.matchPhraseQuery("header", esLogRequest.getHeader()));
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-and-fuzzy-searching-in-es/117482/6 "2018-02-27T08:35:00Z")
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