<p>With the current search implementation in Craft, if you have <code>subLeft</code> and <code>subRight</code> set to <code>true</code> for the <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/searching#supported-syntaxes" rel="nofollow">defaultSearchTermOptions</a> config setting and you search for "intaglios", what Craft does behind the scenes is <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/searching#supported-syntaxes" rel="nofollow">search for</a> <code>*intaglios*</code>, which would never match <code>intaglio</code> because the wildcard is after the last <code>s</code>.</p>

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2016-07-15T21:33:04.367Z
2016-07-15T21:33:04.367Z
Brad Bell
<p>So I’ve got fuzzy search activated and it works as it should... going to the right; but if I have a plural? Is there no way around this?</p>

<p>Search term: "intaglio" = 12 results … includes "intaglio" and "intaglios”</p>

<p>Search term: "intaglios" = 9 results … only includes “intaglios”</p>

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2016-07-15T16:54:25.923Z
I'm not seeing the problem... are you expecting "intaglios" to match "intaglio"?
Brad Bell
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2016-07-15T18:45:58.073Z
Yes, if someone searches intaglios, intaglio does not show up.
AbbeyDesign
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2016-07-15T18:46:55.950Z
I might be asking the impossible.
AbbeyDesign
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Fuzzy Search and Plurals
# Fuzzy Search and Plurals

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-15)

So I’ve got fuzzy search activated and it works as it should... going to the right; but if I have a plural? Is there no way around this?

Search term: "intaglio" = 12 results … includes "intaglio" and "intaglios”

Search term: "intaglios" = 9 results … only includes “intaglios”

**Tags:** search
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm not seeing the problem... are you expecting "intaglios" to match "intaglio"?  
> **username_0**: Yes, if someone searches intaglios, intaglio does not show up.  
> **username_0**: I might be asking the impossible.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-15. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

With the current search implementation in Craft, if you have `subLeft` and `subRight` set to `true` for the [defaultSearchTermOptions](https://craftcms.com/docs/searching#supported-syntaxes) config setting and you search for "intaglios", what Craft does behind the scenes is [search for](https://craftcms.com/docs/searching#supported-syntaxes) `*intaglios*`, which would never match `intaglio` because the wildcard is after the last `s`.


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