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πŸ“˜ The phrase Operator

The phrase operator is used to search for a group of words in a specific order. It is similar to the match operator, except that it will match anywhere in the text, not just at the beginning.

You can find more details on the phrase operator in the official documentation.

{
  $search: {
     "index": <index name>, // optional, defaults to "default"
     "phrase": {
       "query": "<search-string>",
       "path": "<field-to-search>",
       "score": <options>,
       "slop": <distance-number>
     }
  }
}

The usage itself is very similar to how you would use the text operator.

The slop property​

The slop property is used to specify how far apart the words in the phrase can be. The default value is 0, which means that the words must be in the exact order specified in the query. If you set the value to 1, then the words can be one word apart, and so on.