Glossary

Semantic search

Search that finds things by meaning instead of exact keywords.

Semantic search matches the idea behind a query rather than the literal words. It represents text as embeddings — lists of numbers that capture meaning — so a search for "staying focused" can surface an article about deep work even if it never used that phrase.

It contrasts with keyword search, which only finds literal word matches. For a bookmark library, semantic search is what lets you find a save by describing what it was about months later — see our explainer on what semantic search is.

In Notabe, every save is embedded so you can search your whole library by meaning.