# What is the difference between common terms query vs match query with cutoff\_frequency set
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466 "2014-05-12T20:22:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466/1 "2014-05-12T20:22:51Z")
I was reading up on the match query and noticed that it has a
cutoff\_frequency parameter, which seems to do pretty much what the common
terms query does.
1. What is the difference between the common and match queries?
2. When would I want to use common terms over match?
3. Ultimately, would the direction be to have common terms query roll up
into the match query (with any differences added to match)?
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466/2 "2014-05-30T15:02:24Z")
Bump
On Monday, May 12, 2014 4:22:51 PM UTC-4, Mike wrote:
> I was reading up on the match query and noticed that it has a
> cutoff\_frequency parameter, which seems to do pretty much what the common
> terms query does.
>
> 1. What is the difference between the common and match queries?
> 2. When would I want to use common terms over match?
> 3. Ultimately, would the direction be to have common terms query roll
> up into the match query (with any differences added to match)?
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### Author:  [@ElasticSearch\_Users\_](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticSearch_Users_)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466/3 "2014-05-30T19:34:09Z")
They should produce the same exact query (CommonTermsQuery). The only thing
I can think of that is different is the CommonTerms query provides more
options other than just the cutoff\_frequency (i.e. low\_freq\_operator,
high\_freq\_operator, etc) which are not available in the Match query. I do
not know of any plans to "merge/rollup" the two so for now, they remain
separate.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-common-terms-query-vs-match-query-with-cutoff-frequency-set/17466/4 "2017-07-06T01:25:39Z")