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# Exclude a term from a typo handling dictionary

# Exclude a term from a typo handling dictionary {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Prevent AI Search from auto-correcting a term in user search queries by excluding the term from a typo handling dictionary.

## Before you begin

You must have already defined a search profile with one or more linked search sources.
Role required: ais_admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllAI SearchSearch ExperienceSearch Profiles.
2. Open the search profile that you want to exclude a typo handling term for.
3. In the Typo Handling related list, open the typo handling dictionary.
4. In the AI Search Dictionary Terms related list, select New.
5. On the Dictionary Term form, fill in the fields.  
   For a description of the field values, see [Dictionary Term form](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/s~zRSEZlIYjWiPG7IGdRdg "The Dictionary Term form enables you to create a typo handling entry, a stop word, or a synonym in a dictionary linked to an AI Search search profile.").
6. Select Submit.  
   The new term appears in the AI Search Dictionary Terms related list with the State set to New.
7. **Optional:** Repeat the preceding steps for each additional term that you want to exclude.
8. Select Publish.  
   The typo handling dictionary appears in the Typo Handling related list with the State set to Published.

## What to do next

To make updated typo handling settings take effect, publish the search profile that you edited. For details on publishing a search profile, see [Publish an AI Search search profile](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/0cNYgqpLVOJPu1~_bHZiGw "Publish a search profile to make pending changes to its settings take effect in linked search applications.").

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