[[query-dsl-match-query-phrase]]
=== Match phrase query
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<titleabbrev>Match phrase</titleabbrev>
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The `match_phrase` query analyzes the text and creates a `phrase` query
out of the analyzed text. For example:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "match_phrase": {
      "message": "this is a test"
    }
  }
}
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A phrase query matches terms up to a configurable `slop`
(which defaults to 0) in any order. Transposed terms have a slop of 2.

The `analyzer` can be set to control which analyzer will perform the
analysis process on the text. It defaults to the field explicit mapping
definition, or the default search analyzer, for example:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "match_phrase": {
      "message": {
        "query": "this is a test",
        "analyzer": "my_analyzer"
      }
    }
  }
}
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This query also accepts `zero_terms_query`, as explained in <<query-dsl-match-query, `match` query>>.
