# Wildcard uses

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-uses/215613>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-uses/215613 "2020-01-19T10:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![georz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@georz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/georz)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-uses/215613/1 "2020-01-19T10:15:39Z")

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I am using ElasticSearch 5.6.3

I am using text fields, and wants to use wildcard query on that field for every words, i am typing also it should be case insensitive.

Lets say i have "Sales & Management",

I am typing as "s", "sa", "sal", "sale", "sales", "sale &", "sales &", "sale & man", "sales & man", "sale & ger", "sales & mangt", "sale & mangt", "sales and manager" then in all the cases i want the result for "Sales & Management".

I have experimented the custom analyzer using ["lowercase","asciifolding"] but doesn't solve even half of the problem. Can you please provide me any help in this regard?

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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:** [February 16, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-uses/215613/2 "2020-02-16T10:15:47Z")

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