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.. _configuration-search-word-length:

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Search word length
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By default ke_search only finds words with a minimum length of four characters. This corresponds to the MySQL setting
`ft_min_word_len` which is set to `4` by default.

The value can be reduced by following theses steps:

* Change 'ft_min_word_len` to the desired value in your MySQL configuration (e.g. :file:`my.cnf`) (default: `4`)
* Set :guilabel:`searchWordLength` in the extension manager setting to the same value
* Re-index your content