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Fuzzy Search: find what I meant, not what I said (indextank.com)
5 points by diego on March 25, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



This is a really cool development.

Depending on context, there may be cases where I want a strict search. Other times I may want Soundex-style (phonetic) matches, matches based on word form (different tense, number, gender, etc...), or matches based on common misspellings.

Having already built a couple of apps with IndexTank, I'm curious about controlling the degree of fuzziness in an API call. Can this be controlled through a parameter on a per-query basis?


Thanks! Right now you can turn it on or off for particular fields, but we could do what you suggest. If you have a good use case please come chat with us on the site if we are around, or email us (support@...)




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