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Keyword Search

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Search that retrieves results primarily by matching explicit query keywords, terms, or phrases against indexed text or metadata.

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Keyword search is often used interchangeably with lexical search in industry. In Searchplex ID, keyword search names the practitioner- and user-facing search style; lexical retrieval is the broader retrieval family based on lexical features.

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  • Keyword Search is not Lexical Retrieval. Keyword search is a practitioner-facing search style focused on explicit keywords or phrases; lexical retrieval is the broader retrieval family based on lexical features.
  • Keyword Search is not Semantic Search. Keyword search relies on explicit lexical evidence from the query; semantic search is meaning-oriented and may use dense, sparse, hybrid, expansion, or other retrieval methods.
  • Keyword Search is not Sparse Retrieval. Keyword search describes a search style using explicit terms or phrases; sparse retrieval describes a representation property and includes both traditional lexical and learned sparse approaches.

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