# Wildcard phrase search using query\_string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-phrase-search-using-query-string/284108>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-phrase-search-using-query-string/284108 "2021-09-13T16:55:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-phrase-search-using-query-string/284108/1 "2021-09-13T16:55:58Z")

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I use query\_string to generate phrase queries with a proximity, on Elasticsearch 7.9.3  
Does query\_string work with wildcard? I found some old similar questions, there wasn't the way to do it.

Here is my query:

```auto
                "query_string": {
                  "query":"\"use cas*\"~5",
                  "fields": [
                    "title",
                    "text"
                  ],
                  "default_operator": "and",
                  "analyze_wildcard": true,
                  "auto_generate_synonyms_phrase_query": false
                }

```

I got 0 result.

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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:** [October 11, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-phrase-search-using-query-string/284108/2 "2021-10-11T16:56:17Z")

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