diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 880021f..855ca0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ unimplemented = "deny"
 unwrap_used = "warn"
 expect_used = "warn"
 type_complexity = "allow"
+len_without_is_empty = "allow"
 
 #
 # MARK: dependencies
diff --git a/crates/pile-dataset/src/dataset.rs b/crates/pile-dataset/src/dataset.rs
index 0fd9756..7d3311d 100644
--- a/crates/pile-dataset/src/dataset.rs
+++ b/crates/pile-dataset/src/dataset.rs
@@ -460,6 +460,37 @@ impl Datasets {
 		return Ok(results);
 	}
 
+	pub fn fts_lookup_fuzzy(
+		&self,
+		query: &str,
+		top_n: usize,
+	) -> Result<Vec<FtsLookupResult>, DatasetError> {
+		let workdir = match self.path_workdir.as_ref() {
+			Some(x) => x,
+			None => {
+				warn!("Skipping fts_lookup_fuzzy, no workdir");
+				return Ok(Vec::new());
+			}
+		};
+
+		let fts_dir = workdir.join("fts");
+
+		if !fts_dir.exists() {
+			return Err(DatasetError::NoFtsIndex);
+		}
+		if !fts_dir.is_dir() {
+			return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+				ErrorKind::NotADirectory,
+				format!("fts index {} is not a directory", fts_dir.display()),
+			)
+			.into());
+		}
+
+		let db_index = DbFtsIndex::new(&fts_dir, &self.config);
+		let results = db_index.lookup_fuzzy(query, Arc::new(TopDocs::with_limit(top_n)), 3)?;
+		return Ok(results);
+	}
+
 	/// Time at which fts was created
 	pub fn ts_fts(&self) -> Result<Option<DateTime<Utc>>, std::io::Error> {
 		let workdir = match self.path_workdir.as_ref() {
diff --git a/crates/pile-dataset/src/index/index_fts.rs b/crates/pile-dataset/src/index/index_fts.rs
index 0bf0369..87547b1 100644
--- a/crates/pile-dataset/src/index/index_fts.rs
+++ b/crates/pile-dataset/src/index/index_fts.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::LazyLock};
 use tantivy::{
 	DocAddress, Index, ReloadPolicy, TantivyDocument, TantivyError,
 	collector::Collector,
-	query::QueryParser,
-	schema::{self, Schema, Value as TantivyValue},
+	query::{BooleanQuery, FuzzyTermQuery, Occur, QueryParser},
+	schema::{self, Schema, Term, Value as TantivyValue},
 };
 use tracing::warn;
 
@@ -168,6 +168,74 @@ impl DbFtsIndex {
 		let query = query_parser.parse_query(&query)?;
 		let res = searcher.search(&query, collector.as_ref())?;
 
+		return Self::collect_results(&schema, &searcher, res);
+	}
+
+	/// Run a fuzzy query on this table's fts index.
+	/// Each whitespace-separated term is matched with edit distance 1.
+	///
+	/// See [`Self::lookup`] for caveats about concurrent writes.
+	pub fn lookup_fuzzy<C>(
+		&self,
+		query: impl Into<String>,
+		collector: impl AsRef<C> + Send + 'static,
+		distance: u8,
+	) -> Result<Vec<FtsLookupResult>, TantivyError>
+	where
+		C: Collector,
+		C::Fruit: IntoIterator<Item = (f32, DocAddress)>,
+	{
+		if !self.path.exists() {
+			return Ok(Vec::new());
+		}
+
+		if !self.path.is_dir() {
+			warn!("fts index at {} is not a directory?!", self.path.display());
+			return Ok(Vec::new());
+		}
+
+		let index = Index::open_in_dir(&self.path)?;
+		let reader = index
+			.reader_builder()
+			.reload_policy(ReloadPolicy::OnCommitWithDelay)
+			.try_into()?;
+
+		let schema = index.schema();
+
+		let search_fields: Vec<_> = self
+			.schema
+			.fields()
+			.filter(|(_, entry)| !entry.name().starts_with("_meta_"))
+			.map(|(field, _)| field)
+			.collect();
+
+		let query: String = query.into();
+		let mut clauses: Vec<(Occur, Box<dyn tantivy::query::Query>)> = Vec::new();
+		for term_str in query.split_whitespace() {
+			for &field in &search_fields {
+				let term = Term::from_field_text(field, term_str);
+				clauses.push((
+					Occur::Should,
+					Box::new(FuzzyTermQuery::new(term, distance, true)),
+				));
+			}
+		}
+
+		if clauses.is_empty() {
+			return Ok(Vec::new());
+		}
+
+		let searcher = reader.searcher();
+		let res = searcher.search(&BooleanQuery::new(clauses), collector.as_ref())?;
+
+		return Self::collect_results(&schema, &searcher, res);
+	}
+
+	fn collect_results(
+		schema: &Schema,
+		searcher: &tantivy::Searcher,
+		res: impl IntoIterator<Item = (f32, DocAddress)>,
+	) -> Result<Vec<FtsLookupResult>, TantivyError> {
 		let mut out = Vec::new();
 		for (score, doc) in res {
 			let retrieved_doc: TantivyDocument = searcher.doc(doc)?;