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Max num_typos in Typesense and its Impact

TLDR Gilbert questioned the limit of num_typos in Typesense, and whether exceeding two impacts performance. Jason clarified the limitation is for performance and reducing user confusion.

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Nov 08, 2022 (13 months ago)

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Gilbert

04:54 PM

is there explanation why is the max num_typos if the typesense is 2? if we increase it, it’ll give any impact or set to the default value?

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Jason

06:02 PM

For both performance reasons, and also to reduce user confusion. We’ve seen that anything over 2 typo corrections per word ends up causing confusion as to why a particular search result was returned when its seemingly completely off…

Nov 09, 2022 (13 months ago)

Gilbert

03:30 AM

but, is typesense still support if we increase the num_typos more than 2?

Jason

03:31 AM

No Typesense does not support increasing num_typos to more than 2

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