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Is there a way to search for a specific word only, and not similar words?

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LightJuly · 21/07/2024 11:59

I’m searching for comments about the pram brand Cosatto.

Advanced search is showing me results for Cosatto, Charlotte, Cosette, Costco and so on.

How do I search for a specific word?

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HebeMumsnet · 22/07/2024 09:03

Hi there @LightJuly . We've just tried it in Advanced Search too and it's working for us. Can we check - you're definitely on the main site (not the app) on your mobile phone? Can you also tell us what type of device you are using and which browser, too? We'll see if we can work out what's going wrong here.

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HebeMumsnet · 22/07/2024 11:06

LightJuly · 22/07/2024 10:15

Just tried a search for ‘sheets’ and it brings up posts with ‘sheep’ and ‘sheer,’ among others.

If you could add a check mark to search to say ‘exact word/phrase’ only, that’d be super helpful @HebeMumsnet. Thank you!

We'll definitely pass that idea on and see if it's possible @LightJuly

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HebeMumsnet · 22/07/2024 11:37

And yes, as PPs have said, double quotes bring up exact word or phrase too. So typing "Mumsnet chicken" will bring up only threads with those two specific words together. That might help with searches a bit.

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HebeMumsnet · 05/08/2024 21:11

Hi there @LightJuly . We still can't find anything that's actually 'broken' here. The search will show up similar words to take account of typos and that sort of thing. However, if you put the word in speech marks - eg "Cosatto" it should only return that specifc word. Could you try that and let us know if that's working. If not and you're able to post a screenshot here of the results returned that would be really helpful.

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HebeMumsnet · 16/09/2024 10:52

Hi again @LightJuly . We've had another look at this. Yes, using " " around a word should return the exact results but when the search for that specific term 'runs out' it will then add on other similar possibilities, too. So you should primarily get exact results but then also some of these 'similar terms' which can just be ignored presuming it's returned all the 'exact' results first.

This is fairly typical of a search function, we're afraid, and hard to change. It's designed to help people with typos which in the majority of cases it would. But as we said, the results you want should be there and more prominent.

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