diff --git a/milli/src/search/query_tree.rs b/milli/src/search/query_tree.rs
index f7367d826..fb5b5b87c 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/query_tree.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/query_tree.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::{fmt, cmp, mem};
 
+use fst::Set;
 use levenshtein_automata::{DFA, Distance};
 use meilisearch_tokenizer::{TokenKind, tokenizer::TokenStream};
 use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
@@ -154,6 +155,10 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Query {
 
 trait Context {
     fn word_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>>;
+    fn stop_words(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Set<&[u8]>>>;
+    fn is_stop_word(&self, word: &str) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
+        Ok(self.stop_words()?.map_or(false, |s| s.contains(word)))
+    }
     fn synonyms<S: AsRef<str>>(&self, words: &[S]) -> heed::Result<Option<Vec<Vec<String>>>>;
     fn word_documents_count(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<u64>> {
         match self.word_docids(word)? {
@@ -183,6 +188,10 @@ impl<'a> Context for QueryTreeBuilder<'a> {
     fn synonyms<S: AsRef<str>>(&self, _words: &[S]) -> heed::Result<Option<Vec<Vec<String>>>> {
         Ok(None)
     }
+
+    fn stop_words(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Set<&[u8]>>> {
+        self.index.stop_words(self.rtxn)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> QueryTreeBuilder<'a> {
@@ -331,8 +340,7 @@ fn create_query_tree(
     optional_words: bool,
     authorize_typos: bool,
     query: PrimitiveQuery,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Operation>
-{
+) -> anyhow::Result<Operation> {
     /// Matches on the `PrimitiveQueryPart` and create an operation from it.
     fn resolve_primitive_part(
         ctx: &impl Context,
@@ -350,7 +358,12 @@ fn create_query_tree(
                 if let Some(child) = split_best_frequency(ctx, &word)? {
                     children.push(child);
                 }
-                children.push(Operation::Query(Query { prefix, kind: typos(word, authorize_typos) }));
+
+                let is_stop_word = ctx.is_stop_word(&word)?;
+                let query = Query { prefix, kind: typos(word, authorize_typos) };
+                if query.prefix || query.kind.is_tolerant() || !is_stop_word {
+                    children.push(Operation::Query(query));
+                }
                 Ok(Operation::or(false, children))
             },
             // create a CONSECUTIVE operation wrapping all word in the phrase
@@ -365,12 +378,11 @@ fn create_query_tree(
         ctx: &impl Context,
         authorize_typos: bool,
         query: &[PrimitiveQueryPart],
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Operation>
-    {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Operation> {
         const MAX_NGRAM: usize = 3;
         let mut op_children = Vec::new();
 
-        for sub_query in query.linear_group_by(|a, b| !(a.is_phrase() || b.is_phrase()) ) {
+        for sub_query in query.linear_group_by(|a, b| !(a.is_phrase() || b.is_phrase())) {
             let mut or_op_children = Vec::new();
 
             for ngram in 1..=MAX_NGRAM.min(sub_query.len()) {
@@ -381,23 +393,31 @@ fn create_query_tree(
 
                     match group {
                         [part] => {
-                            let operation = resolve_primitive_part(ctx, authorize_typos, part.clone())?;
+                            let operation =
+                                resolve_primitive_part(ctx, authorize_typos, part.clone())?;
                             and_op_children.push(operation);
-                        },
+                        }
                         words => {
-                            let is_prefix = words.last().map(|part| part.is_prefix()).unwrap_or(false);
-                            let words: Vec<_> = words.iter().filter_map(| part| {
-                                if let PrimitiveQueryPart::Word(word, _) = part {
-                                    Some(word.as_str())
-                                } else {
-                                    None
-                                }
-                            }).collect();
+                            let is_prefix = words.last().map_or(false, |part| part.is_prefix());
+                            let words: Vec<_> = words
+                                .iter()
+                                .filter_map(|part| {
+                                    if let PrimitiveQueryPart::Word(word, _) = part {
+                                        Some(word.as_str())
+                                    } else {
+                                        None
+                                    }
+                                })
+                                .collect();
                             let mut operations = synonyms(ctx, &words)?.unwrap_or_default();
                             let concat = words.concat();
+
+                            let is_stop_word = ctx.is_stop_word(&concat)?;
                             let query = Query { prefix: is_prefix, kind: typos(concat, authorize_typos) };
-                            operations.push(Operation::Query(query));
-                            and_op_children.push(Operation::or(false, operations));
+                            if query.prefix || query.kind.is_tolerant() || !is_stop_word {
+                                operations.push(Operation::Query(query));
+                                and_op_children.push(Operation::or(false, operations));
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -581,6 +601,10 @@ mod test {
             let words: Vec<_> = words.iter().map(|s| s.as_ref().to_owned()).collect();
             Ok(self.synonyms.get(&words).cloned())
         }
+
+        fn stop_words(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Set<&[u8]>>> {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
     }
 
     impl Default for TestContext {