# Which Search Should I use for my search engine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591 "2016-12-20T15:51:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591/1 "2016-12-20T15:51:56Z")

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I am putting together a search engine.

At first I thought FUZZY matching was what I wanted, but after experimenting I am not so sure.

For building a custom search engine, which search techniques do you recommend?

- Match

- query\_string

- A combination of those or some other types of searches?

Any feedback would help.

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**Author:** ![Glen\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_smith/32/111656_2.png) [@Glen\_Smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Smith)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591/2 "2016-12-20T16:11:31Z")

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You'll have to be much more specific in what you want to accomplish.

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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591/3 "2016-12-20T16:14:22Z")

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I want something similar to google.

If I have a document with a message field, with the text :

> "The members would like renewal information"

I'd like to issue a search like:  
"member renewal" and get that document.

Is that a multi\_phrase, fuzzy , or should I issue more than 1 search type, then combine the results?

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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:** [January 17, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-search-should-i-use-for-my-search-engine/69591/4 "2017-01-17T16:14:37Z")

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Closed on January 17, 2017, 4:14pm UTC

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