arangosh> db.emails.ensureFulltextIndex("content"); { "id" : "emails/15195", "type" : "fulltext", "fields" : [ "content" ], "unique" : false, "sparse" : true, "minLength" : 2, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.emails.save({ content: ........> "Hello Alice, how are you doing? Regards, Bob"}); { "_id" : "emails/15198", "_key" : "15198", "_rev" : "15198" } arangosh> db.emails.save({ content: ........> "Hello Charlie, do Alice and Bob know about it?"}); { "_id" : "emails/15202", "_key" : "15202", "_rev" : "15202" } arangosh> db.emails.save({ content: "I think they don't know. Regards, Eve" }); { "_id" : "emails/15205", "_key" : "15205", "_rev" : "15205" } arangosh> db.emails.fulltext("content", "charlie,|eve").toArray(); [ { "_key" : "15202", "_id" : "emails/15202", "_rev" : "15202", "content" : "Hello Charlie, do Alice and Bob know about it?" }, { "_key" : "15205", "_id" : "emails/15205", "_rev" : "15205", "content" : "I think they don't know. Regards, Eve" } ]