diff --git a/src/db/stream.rs b/src/db/stream.rs
index b047bb8..0daa6ea 100644
--- a/src/db/stream.rs
+++ b/src/db/stream.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl<'a> Stream<'a> {
         let path = util::to_lowercase(path);
         let mut path = path.as_str();
 
-        let (idx, end) = match rfind_component_match(path, keywords_last) {
+        let (idx, _end) = match rfind_component_match(path, keywords_last) {
             Some((idx, end)) => {
                 if path[end..].contains(path::is_separator) {
                     return false;
@@ -181,22 +181,26 @@ fn rfind_component_match(path: &str, keyword: &str) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
         return None;
     }
 
-    // Favor exact substring matches; fall back to fuzzy subsequence within a
-    // single component. Keywords that contain a path separator are matched
-    // literally to preserve existing slash semantics.
-    if !keyword.contains(path::is_separator) {
-        if let Some(idx) = path.rfind(keyword) {
-            return Some((idx, idx + keyword.len()));
-        }
-    } else if let Some(idx) = path.rfind(keyword) {
+    if keyword.contains(path::is_separator) {
+        return path.rfind(keyword).map(|idx| (idx, idx + keyword.len()));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(idx) = path.rfind(keyword) {
         return Some((idx, idx + keyword.len()));
     }
 
-    // Fuzzy: rightmost component where keyword is a subsequence.
+    let keyword_len = keyword.chars().count();
+
+    // Fuzzy: rightmost component where keyword is a subsequence, or edit
+    // distance 1 (equal-length typo) within a single component.
     for (component_start, component) in rsplit_components_with_indices(path) {
         if let Some((start, end)) = subsequence_bounds(component, keyword) {
             return Some((component_start + start, component_start + end));
         }
+
+        if keyword_len == component.chars().count() && edit_distance_leq1(component, keyword) {
+            return Some((component_start, component_start + component.len()));
+        }
     }
 
     None
@@ -245,6 +249,71 @@ fn subsequence_bounds(haystack: &str, needle: &str) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
     None
 }
 
+fn edit_distance_leq1(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
+    if a == b {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    let a_chars: Vec<_> = a.chars().collect();
+    let b_chars: Vec<_> = b.chars().collect();
+    let a_len = a_chars.len();
+    let b_len = b_chars.len();
+
+    if (a_len as isize - b_len as isize).abs() > 1 {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if a_len == b_len {
+        // Single substitution?
+        let mut diffs = 0;
+        for (ac, bc) in a_chars.iter().zip(b_chars.iter()) {
+            if ac != bc {
+                diffs += 1;
+                if diffs > 1 {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if diffs == 1 {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // Single adjacent transposition?
+        for i in 0..a_len - 1 {
+            if a_chars[i] != b_chars[i] {
+                return i + 1 < a_len
+                    && a_chars[i] == b_chars[i + 1]
+                    && a_chars[i + 1] == b_chars[i]
+                    && a_chars[i + 2..] == b_chars[i + 2..]
+                    && a_chars[..i] == b_chars[..i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Lengths differ by exactly 1: check single insertion/deletion.
+    let (short, long) = if a_len < b_len { (&a_chars, &b_chars) } else { (&b_chars, &a_chars) };
+    let mut i = 0;
+    let mut j = 0;
+    let mut edits = 0;
+
+    while i < short.len() && j < long.len() {
+        if short[i] == long[j] {
+            i += 1;
+            j += 1;
+        } else {
+            edits += 1;
+            if edits > 1 {
+                return false;
+            }
+            j += 1; // skip one char in longer string
+        }
+    }
+
+    true
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -276,6 +345,8 @@ mod tests {
     // Fuzzy subsequence within component
     #[case(&["docs"], "/home/Documents", true)]
     #[case(&["dcmts"], "/home/Documents", true)]
+    // Typo tolerance (edit distance 1)
+    #[case(&["doucments"], "/home/Documents", true)]
     fn query(#[case] keywords: &[&str], #[case] path: &str, #[case] is_match: bool) {
         let db = &mut Database::new(PathBuf::new(), Vec::new(), |_| Vec::new(), false);
         let options = StreamOptions::new(0).with_keywords(keywords.iter());