# Using fuzzy query to find near-duplicates **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 13, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fuzzy-query-to-find-near-duplicates/39075 "2016-01-13T09:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mnd91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mnd91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mnd91)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fuzzy-query-to-find-near-duplicates/39075/1 "2016-01-13T09:17:09Z")
Hello, Im new to the ELK stack. So far what i was able to do is configure logstash, send data to elasticsearch, and create visualisations on Kibana. The data im sending, using an index called name for example, is a set of first-name and last-name; those being the names of the fields and a third field "cname" that is the concatenation of both fields. Other fields also exist (ID, address etc). I would like to know if i can apply the fuzzy search query to generate a list of all "cname" for all near-duplicates, which means a list of all cname that might be considered as duplicates and has 1 or 2 different letters. I can provide any additional information. Thank you ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fuzzy-query-to-find-near-duplicates/39075/2 "2017-07-05T23:24:59Z")