Querying TypeSense with Different Search String Orders

Hello everyone,

We're currently exploring the usability of TypeSense for several new websites we plan to build in 2024. As part of our testing process, we're experimenting with different aspects of the platform.

During my investigation, I came across a specific issue that I haven't been able to find an answer to in the documentation. It's possible that I'm simply not interpreting the documentation correctly.

The problem we've encountered involves a discrepancy in search results when searching for "X Y" versus searching for "Y X". I'm curious about how TypeSense weighs the input of the search string and would like to know where I can find more information on this topic.

Based on my observations, it seems that when there are multiple words in the search query, the second word might even contribute to a negative score.

I appreciate any assistance or guidance you can provide.

Best regards,
Jesper

👋 By default Typesense treats the last word in the query as a prefix query. So in X Y Y is searched as a prefix and in Y X X is searched as a prefix. This can lead to the results being different. If you don't want this behavior you can set prefix: false

Thanks 🙂 ❤️