diff --git a/milli/src/search/matches/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/matches/mod.rs
index 680dbdffc..2169c54ab 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/matches/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/matches/mod.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-use matching_words::MatchingWords;
+pub use matching_words::MatchingWords;
 use meilisearch_tokenizer::token::SeparatorKind;
 use meilisearch_tokenizer::{Analyzer, AnalyzerConfig, Token};
 
 use crate::search::query_tree::Operation;
 
-pub mod matching_words;
+mod matching_words;
 
 const DEFAULT_CROP_SIZE: usize = 10;
 const DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER: &'static str = "…";
diff --git a/milli/src/search/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
index a80e520a0..752ae236b 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use roaring::bitmap::RoaringBitmap;
 
 pub use self::facet::{FacetDistribution, FacetNumberIter, Filter};
 use self::fst_utils::{Complement, Intersection, StartsWith, Union};
-pub use self::matches::matching_words::MatchingWords;
+pub use self::matches::{Matcher, MatcherBuilder, MatchingWords};
 use self::query_tree::QueryTreeBuilder;
 use crate::error::UserError;
 use crate::search::criteria::r#final::{Final, FinalResult};