Adjusting Search Settings for Typo Matches
TLDR Digamber needed help with search results for document titles containing typos. Kishore Nallan explained adjusting min_len_1typo and min_len_2typo settings, but warned against potential false positives.
Mar 20, 2023 (9 months ago)
Digamber
08:24 AMI have a document call Pink Sundress
when i search for Pink it comes up (as expected)
but when i search for it as “pnk”
No results are coming up.
I’ve tried setting “exhaustive_search” to true
as well as changing num_typos
Kishore Nallan
08:26 AMDigamber
08:36 AMKishore Nallan
08:40 AMmin_len_1typo controls the minimum length of a word that will make it eligible for a 1-typo match. Likewise min_len_2typo for 2 typo match. Defaults for those two are 4 and 7 respectively.Digamber
08:42 AM
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