Fuzzy Search versus Wildcard Search

Understand the difference between fuzzy search & wildcard search, and when to use it

Written by Annabella
Updated over a week ago

What is Fuzzy Search?

Fuzzy Search is great for including search results that include:

misspelled keywords
British versus American spellings
accidental typos in your database

To do that use the tilde like so: saels* .

Learn more about Fuzzy Search here.

What is the Wildcard Search?

Wildcard Search is great for including search results that include:

variations of a root word
prefix variations
suffix variations

To do a Wildcard Search, use * (an Asterix)

Learn more about Wildcard Search here.