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Wildcards and Fuzzy Matching Guide
Wildcards and Fuzzy Matching Guide (Sahih el Boykhari · Select Collections) — "Learn how wildcards, fuzzy matching, boosting, and Boolean operators refine sear…
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- Search query techniques
- Wildcards match any set of one or more characters.
- The wildcard example test* matches test, tester, testers, and similar terms.
- Fuzzy search finds terms that are similar in spelling.
- The fuzzy search example swore~ matches swore, snore, score, and similar terms.
- Term boosting gives words with higher relevance greater weight.
- In pledge^4 hijrah, pledge receives higher weight than hijrah.
- Boolean operators create complex phrase and word queries through Boolean logic.
- The query ("pledge allegiance" OR shelter) AND prayer combines Boolean conditions.