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Fuzzy match Queryedit
The match query supports fuzzy matching out of the box:
GET /my_index/my_type/_search
{
"query": {
"match": {
"text": {
"query": "SURPRIZE ME!",
"fuzziness": "AUTO",
"operator": "and"
}
}
}
}
The query string is first analyzed, to produce the terms [surprize, me], and
then each term is fuzzified using the specified fuzziness.
Similarly, the multi_match query also supports fuzziness, but only when
executing with type best_fields or most_fields:
GET /my_index/my_type/_search
{
"query": {
"multi_match": {
"fields": [ "text", "title" ],
"query": "SURPRIZE ME!",
"fuzziness": "AUTO"
}
}
}
Both the match and multi_match queries also support the prefix_length
and max_expansions parameters.
Fuzziness works only with the basic match and multi_match queries. It
doesn’t work with phrase matching, common terms, or cross_fields matches.