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Expand Searches with Fuzzy Matching
Expand Searches with Fuzzy Matching (Sahih el Boykhari · Select Collections) — "Learn how wildcards and fuzzy matching broaden searches, including examples wit…
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- Search query techniques
- Wildcards match any set of one or more characters
- The test* wildcard can match test, tester, testers, and similar terms
- Fuzzy Search finds terms with similar spelling
- The swore~ search can find swore, snore, score, and similar terms
- Term Boosting increases the relevance of selected words
- In pledge^4 hijrah, pledge has higher weight than hijrah
- Boolean Operators create complex phrase and word queries
- Boolean logic combines search terms with operators such as OR and AND
- Example: ("pledge allegiance" OR "shelter") AND prayer