<p>Not possible natively.  Craft runs each search keyword through a "normalization" process before saving in its search index and part of that is converting characters like <code>å</code> to their ASCII counterparts <code>a</code>.  You can see the whole process here:</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/src/helpers/Search.php#L41" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/src/helpers/Search.php#L41</a></p>

<p>If this were solely in the context of the searching on the front-end of the site, you could use/write a plugin that integrated with a 3rd party search service like <a href="https://www.algolia.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Algolia</a> that offered more flexible options, but that wouldn't affect Control Panel searching until this was implemented: <a href="https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/833" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/833</a></p>

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2018-09-21T19:01:26.663Z
2018-09-21T19:01:26.663Z
Brad Bell
<p>I had created search in Craft 3, but it returns wrong result when I enter some special characters in it, for example æ ø å. Looking for the solution.</p>

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Search return wrong result with special character like æ ø å in Craft 3
# Search return wrong result with special character like æ ø å in Craft 3

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-21)

I had created search in Craft 3, but it returns wrong result when I enter some special characters in it, for example æ ø å. Looking for the solution.

**Tags:** craft3, search


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-21. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Not possible natively. Craft runs each search keyword through a "normalization" process before saving in its search index and part of that is converting characters like `å` to their ASCII counterparts `a`. You can see the whole process here:

<https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/src/helpers/Search.php#L41>

If this were solely in the context of the searching on the front-end of the site, you could use/write a plugin that integrated with a 3rd party search service like [Algolia](https://www.algolia.com/) that offered more flexible options, but that wouldn't affect Control Panel searching until this was implemented: <https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/833>


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