https://www.caktusgroup.com/tags/fuzzy-search/Recent content in Fuzzy-Search on Caktus GroupHugoenFri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/08/21/fuzzy-string-matching-django-postgresql/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/08/21/fuzzy-string-matching-django-postgresql/<p>Gerald Carlton and I will be presenting on fuzzy name search at <a href="https://2026.djangocon.us/talks/search-as-you-type-for-54-million-names-postgresql-django-for-fuzzy-name-matching-at-scale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DjangoCon US 2026</a> on Monday, August 24, and this is the companion blog post. Searching for a person by name is harder than it looks: names might be typed differently by different operators or change over a person&rsquo;s lifetime; for example, <code>Smith</code> could be entered as <code>Smyth</code>, <code>Smythe</code>, or <code>Smidt</code>, and <code>Weiss</code> as <code>Weiß</code>. Although names are particularly susceptible to misspelling, these strategies apply to all fuzzy string matching.</p>