Fuzzy search

[Sonja Schelbach]

How can I start a fuzzy search to find entries in all texts of an area?

[Fabian Lim]

Hi @Sonja Schelbach

Search using wildcards

Wildcards replace one or more characters in your search. They can help expand your search. For example, the search below would find https://www.atlassian.com or http://www.atlassian.jp

http*.atlassian.*

Confluence doesn't support leading wildcards. This means searching for *heese will not return cheese. 

Wildcard	Description	Example
Multiple characters	Use an asterisk (*) at the end of your word to replace multiple characters.	print* finds content containing 'printer', 'printing', 'prints' and so on.
Multiple wildcards	Use asterisks (*) to add more than one multiple-character wildcard	r*c* finds content containing 'react', 'recovery', 'refactor' and so on.
Single character	Use a question mark (?) to replace a single character in your search.	b?tter finds content containing 'butter', 'bitter', 'better', 'batter' and so on.

All the details are here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html#:~:text=Use%20a%20tilde%20(~)%20followed,of%20words%20of%20each%20other.&text=The%20following%20search%20won't,use%20the%20matched%20phrase%20search.