diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/index.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/index.ts
index f3004a2807..fadc116d7c 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/index.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/index.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export const settings: Settings = {
     },
     maxFileSize: '10MB',
   },
+  minLengthOfStringForDuplicateCheck: 3,
 };
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/interfaces/settings.interface.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/interfaces/settings.interface.ts
index 472c3b3b55..c268aff280 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/interfaces/settings.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/constants/settings/interfaces/settings.interface.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ export interface Settings {
     };
     maxFileSize: `${number}MB`;
   };
+  minLengthOfStringForDuplicateCheck: number;
 }
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/__tests__/find-duplicates-query.factory.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/__tests__/find-duplicates-query.factory.spec.ts
index 96472a36d9..bae840648c 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/__tests__/find-duplicates-query.factory.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/__tests__/find-duplicates-query.factory.spec.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,35 @@ describe('FindDuplicatesQueryFactory', () => {
       });
 
       expect(query.trim()).toEqual(`query {
-        personCollection(filter: {or:[{nameFirstName:{ilike:\"%John%\"},nameLastName:{ilike:\"%Doe%\"}}]}) {
+        personCollection(filter: {or:[{nameFirstName:{eq:\"John\"},nameLastName:{eq:\"Doe\"}}]}) {
+          fieldsString
+        }
+      }`);
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore an argument if the string length is less than 3', async () => {
+      argAliasCreate.mockReturnValue({
+        linkedinLinkUrl: 'ab',
+        email: 'test@test.com',
+      });
+
+      const args: FindDuplicatesResolverArgs<RecordFilter> = {
+        data: {
+          linkedinLinkUrl: 'ab',
+          email: 'test@test.com',
+        } as unknown as RecordFilter,
+      };
+
+      const query = await service.create(args, {
+        ...workspaceQueryBuilderOptions,
+        objectMetadataItem: {
+          ...workspaceQueryBuilderOptions.objectMetadataItem,
+          nameSingular: 'person',
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(query.trim()).toEqual(`query {
+        personCollection(filter: {or:[{email:{eq:"test@test.com"}}]}) {
           fieldsString
         }
       }`);
@@ -140,7 +168,7 @@ describe('FindDuplicatesQueryFactory', () => {
       );
 
       expect(query.trim()).toEqual(`query {
-        personCollection(filter: {id:{neq:\"uuid\"},or:[{nameFirstName:{ilike:\"%Peter%\"},nameLastName:{ilike:\"%Parker%\"}}]}) {
+        personCollection(filter: {id:{neq:\"uuid\"},or:[{nameFirstName:{eq:\"Peter\"},nameLastName:{eq:\"Parker\"}}]}) {
           fieldsString
         }
       }`);
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/find-duplicates-query.factory.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/find-duplicates-query.factory.ts
index b5bf98fc7a..ad2ea30b0f 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/find-duplicates-query.factory.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/find-duplicates-query.factory.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { computeObjectTargetTable } from 'src/workspace/utils/compute-object-tar
 import { stringifyWithoutKeyQuote } from 'src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/utils/stringify-without-key-quote.util';
 import { ArgsAliasFactory } from 'src/workspace/workspace-query-builder/factories/args-alias.factory';
 import { duplicateCriteriaCollection } from 'src/workspace/workspace-resolver-builder/constants/duplicate-criteria.constants';
+import { settings } from 'src/constants/settings';
 
 import { FieldsStringFactory } from './fields-string.factory';
 
@@ -113,14 +114,20 @@ export class FindDuplicatesQueryFactory {
       this.getApplicableDuplicateCriteriaCollection(objectMetadataItem);
 
     const criteriaWithMatchingArgs = criteriaCollection.filter((criteria) =>
-      criteria.columnNames.every((columnName) => !!argsData[columnName]),
+      criteria.columnNames.every((columnName) => {
+        const value = argsData[columnName] as string | undefined;
+
+        return (
+          !!value && value.length >= settings.minLengthOfStringForDuplicateCheck
+        );
+      }),
     );
 
     const filterCriteria = criteriaWithMatchingArgs.map((criteria) =>
       Object.fromEntries(
         criteria.columnNames.map((columnName) => [
           columnName,
-          { ilike: `%${argsData[columnName]}%` },
+          { eq: argsData[columnName] },
         ]),
       ),
     );