# Wildcard and Fuzzy query together

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 15, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699 "2018-09-15T11:09:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pranav24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pranav24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranav24)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/1 "2018-09-15T11:09:24Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to design a query in which, I can use wildcard and Fuzzy query together.

According to me, query\_string is used for wildcard searches and multi\_match can be used for fuzziness.

I want a query which will search on words :-

1. " **elast**" : - provide results **elastic and elasticsearch**.
2. " **elasttc**" :- also provide results as **elastic and elasticsearch**.

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**Author:** ![pranav24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pranav24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranav24)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/2 "2018-09-25T05:56:26Z")

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@elastic  
Please answer my query.

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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:** [September 25, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/3 "2018-09-25T06:21:15Z")

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Don't use wildcards but prefer ngram based analyzers.  
Combine multiple queries into a bool query with multiple should clauses.

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**Author:** ![pranav24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pranav24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranav24)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/4 "2018-09-25T06:42:30Z")

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Thank you so much 😀 @dadoonet

It worked for me.

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**Author:** ![pranav24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pranav24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranav24)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/5 "2018-10-09T14:21:05Z")

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Ngram based analyzers for this type query has few issues.  
For example, when i search for "svsjhsdlasticdskajbfd" gives elastic and elasticsearch in results since "lastic" is present in "svsjhsdlasticdskajbfd" as my mingram value is 4. I am restricted to increase my mingram size.

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-and-fuzzy-query-together/148699/6 "2018-11-06T14:22:54Z")

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