diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ad5e8d..09039d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ You can also change the edit distance with:
 Product.search "zucini", misspellings: {edit_distance: 2} # zucchini
 ```
 
+A transposition of two letters is considered to be an edit distance of 2. Enable single-letter transpositions while leaving edit distance at 1 with:
+
+```ruby
+Product.search "zuccihni", misspellings: {transpositions: true} # zucchini
+```
+
+
 ### Indexing
 
 Control what data is indexed with the `search_data` method. Call `Product.reindex` after changing this method.
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index a1b65bd..bce1664 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ module Searchkick
                 misspellings = options.key?(:misspellings) ? options[:misspellings] : options[:mispellings] # why not?
                 if misspellings != false
                   edit_distance = (misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && (misspellings[:edit_distance] || misspellings[:distance])) || 1
+                  transpositions = (misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && misspellings[:transpositions] == true) ? {fuzzy_transpositions: true} : {}
                   qs.concat [
-                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search"),
-                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search2")
+                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search").merge(transpositions),
+                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search2").merge(transpositions)
                   ]
                 end
               elsif field.end_with?(".exact")
diff --git a/test/match_test.rb b/test/match_test.rb
index 0dad347..7469dcd 100644
--- a/test/match_test.rb
+++ b/test/match_test.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,27 @@ class TestMatch < Minitest::Test
     assert_search "zip lock", ["Ziploc"]
   end
 
+  def test_misspelling_zucchini_transposition
+    store_names ["zucchini"]
+    assert_search "zuccihni", [] # doesn't work without transpositions:true option
+    assert_search "zuccihni", ["zucchini"], misspellings: {transpositions: true}
+  end
+
+  def test_misspelling_lasagna
+    store_names ["lasagna"]
+    assert_search "lasanga", ["lasagna"], misspellings: {transpositions: true}
+    assert_search "lasgana", ["lasagna"], misspellings: {transpositions: true}
+    assert_search "lasaang", [], misspellings: {transpositions: true} # triple transposition, shouldn't work
+    assert_search "lsagana", [], misspellings: {transpositions: true} # triple transposition, shouldn't work
+  end
+
+  def test_misspelling_lasagna_pasta
+    store_names ["lasagna pasta"]
+    assert_search "lasanga", ["lasagna pasta"], misspellings: {transpositions: true}
+    assert_search "lasanga pasta", ["lasagna pasta"], misspellings: {transpositions: true}
+    assert_search "lasanga pasat", ["lasagna pasta"], misspellings: {transpositions: true} # both words misspelled with a transposition should still work
+  end
+
   # spaces
 
   def test_spaces_in_field
--
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