# Quick Switcher: Ignores Single-Letter Words in Prioritization Process

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quick-switcher-ignores-single-letter-words-in-prioritization-process/104641>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quick-switcher-ignores-single-letter-words-in-prioritization-process/104641 "2025-08-24T15:35:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quick-switcher-ignores-single-letter-words-in-prioritization-process/104641/3 "2025-08-27T23:15:01Z")

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quick switcher doesn’t ignore single letter words.

From the issue reported in the sandbox vault,I think you want this:

> [@Quick Switcher - Link suggestion: give priority to results that include space in search and/or are shorter](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quick-switcher-link-suggestion-give-priority-to-results-that-include-space-in-search-and-or-are-shorter/85858):
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> Use case or problem I know the filename including its spaces and I want to open this file. However, there are other similar files which have no space and a much longer filename that are given higher priority, when I start writing more characters in the search, even when I add the unique space. Setup: Create files “chapter 0.md”, “chapter0\_audio.md”, “chapter0\_image.md” Search issue: Open Quick Switcher (Ctrl+O) and search “chapter” =\> So far, “chapter 0” is displayed at the top, followed…

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