---
title: Fuzzy search
slug: cms-12/docs/fuzzy-search
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createdAt: 2026-08-10T15:55:55.000Z
---

Fuzzy search locates content likely to be relevant to a search argument even if that content does not exactly match the search query. It uses a fuzzy matching program, which returns results with likely relevance.

Optimizely Search & Navigation's "Fuzzy search" replicates the "[fuzzy query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-fuzzy-query.html)" in Elasticsearch.

```csharp
client.Search<MyIndexedObject>()
  .Filter(x => x.Author.MatchFuzzy("henric", 0.8))
  .GetResult()
```

See also: [fuzziness](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/common-options.html#fuzziness)and the blog post [Adding fuzzy filtering to the EPiServer Find Fluent API](https://www.lindstromhenrik.com/adding-fuzzy-filtering-to-the-episerver-find-fluent-api/)