# 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")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@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")

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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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