# TEXT indexes for fuzzy search

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/text-indexes-for-fuzzy-search/48364>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** performance, cypher, operations, knowledge-base\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/text-indexes-for-fuzzy-search/48364 "2021-12-02T12:31:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![armensanoyan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/armensanoyan/32/17805_2.png) [@armensanoyan](https://community.neo4j.com/u/armensanoyan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/text-indexes-for-fuzzy-search/48364/1 "2021-12-02T12:31:42Z")

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Hi. Congratulations for new release! In [release notes](https://neo4j.com/release-notes/database/neo4j-4-4-0/?_gl=1*78nvlp*_ga*NTk3NjU4MTU2LjE2MTgzODE0NjY.*_ga_DL38Q8KGQC*MTYzODQ0NDA2NC4yNzAuMS4xNjM4NDQ2MTUxLjA.&_ga=2.142959797.1640571366.1638173225-597658156.1618381466&_gac=1.153563722.1638371211.Cj0KCQiA15yNBhDTARIsAGnwe0XDRvVBG7jnaUaL7wctSZnhySl3Xhe2sd2gzjUBCFk8JrLTqrT_tDcaAgrYEALw_wcB) I have seen

> TEXT indexes replace B-tree indexes for string queries.

which should provide

> Improved performance of full text search when limit is specified

[from github changelog](https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/wiki/Neo4j-4.4-changelog). So my question is is there any syntax difference or all the changes are done under the hood ? Is using `db.index.fulltext.queryNodes` still the best way to do fuzzy search?