analysis.yaml

text: This text will be used if nothing else is specified.

analyzer:
    myAnalyzer:
        type: custom
        tokenizer: whitespace
        filter:
            - lowercase
            - reverse

    metaphoneAnalyzer:
        # Custom text here, since this makes more sense for this analyzer.
        text:
            - John Smith
            - Jon Schmidth
            - Eivind
            - Øyvind
            - Oivin
        type: custom
        tokenizer: standard
        filter:
            - double_metaphone # Defined below

filter:
    double_metaphone:
        type: phonetic
        encoder: doublemetaphone

documents.yaml

name: John
---
name: jonne

---
name:: Jona

---
name: jon

mappings.yaml

# Customize mappings. Note: All indexes get the same types.

person:
    properties:
        nickname:
            type: string
    #    ^ Place your cursor within the nickname object in the analysis view to see how the
    #      sample values of that field get tokenized.


    # Dynamic templates and multi fields are supported.
    dynamic_templates:
        - name:
            match: "name.*"
            mapping:
                type: multi_field
                fields:
                    double_metaphone:
                        type: string
                        analyzer: double_metaphone
                    exact:
                        type: string
                        index: not_analyzed

play.sh

#!/bin/bash

export ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:9200"

# Create indexes

curl -XPUT "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/play" -d '{
    "settings": {
        "analysis": {
            "text": "This text will be used if nothing else is specified.",
            "analyzer": {
                "myAnalyzer": {
                    "type": "custom",
                    "tokenizer": "whitespace",
                    "filter": [
                        "lowercase",
                        "reverse"
                    ]
                },
                "metaphoneAnalyzer": {
                    "type": "custom",
                    "tokenizer": "standard",
                    "filter": [
                        "double_metaphone"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "filter": {
                "double_metaphone": {
                    "type": "phonetic",
                    "encoder": "doublemetaphone"
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "mappings": {
        "person": {
            "properties": {
                "nickname": {
                    "type": "string"
                }
            },
            "dynamic_templates": [
                {
                    "name": {
                        "match": "name.*",
                        "mapping": {
                            "type": "multi_field",
                            "fields": {
                                "double_metaphone": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "analyzer": "double_metaphone"
                                },
                                "exact": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "index": "not_analyzed"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}'

# Index documents
curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_bulk?refresh=true" -d '
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"John"}
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"jonne"}
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name:":"Jona"}
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"jon"}
'

# Do searches

curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_search?pretty" -d '
{
    "query": {
        "match": {
            "name": {
                "query": "jon",
                "fuzziness": 0
            }
        }
    },
    "size": 4,
    "explain": true
}
'

curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_search?pretty" -d '
{
    "query": {
        "match": {
            "name": {
                "query": "jon",
                "fuzziness": 1
            }
        }
    },
    "size": 4,
    "explain": true
}
'

curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_search?pretty" -d '
{
    "query": {
        "match": {
            "name": {
                "query": "jon",
                "fuzziness": 2
            }
        }
    },
    "size": 2,
    "explain": true
}
'

play.yaml

# Auto generated by Found's Play-tool at 2014-09-10T10:35:38+02:00
version: 0
title: fuzzytest
description: ""

searches.yaml

# Sample searches. Press Ctrl-Enter to run.
# Press Shift-Enter to go to focused mode for the selected editor.
# Click "Help" for more shortcuts.
query:
    match:
        name:     
               query: jon    
               fuzziness: 0
        
            

# You can specify other search options as well.
size: 4
explain: true

---


query:
    match:
        name:     
               query: jon    
               fuzziness: 1
        
            

# You can specify other search options as well.
size: 4
explain: true

---
query:
    match:
        name:     
               query: jon    
               fuzziness: 2
        
            

# You can specify other search options as well.
size: 2
explain: true