diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 490b6ceaa8578..67abde81edef0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Pre conditions check before updating weighted routing metadata ([#4955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4955))
 
 ### Deprecated
+- Refactor fuzziness interface on query builders ([#5433](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5433))
+
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
 - Fix 1.x compatibility bug with stored Tasks ([#5412](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5412))
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/MultiMatchQueryIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/MultiMatchQueryIT.java
index d87bbfb1fb69c..79527039a50f5 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/MultiMatchQueryIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/MultiMatchQueryIT.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.index.IndexRequestBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.Fuzziness;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.set.Sets;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
@@ -1024,7 +1025,7 @@ public void testFuzzyFieldLevelBoosting() throws InterruptedException, Execution
 
         SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch(idx)
             .setExplain(true)
-            .setQuery(multiMatchQuery("foo").field("title", 100).field("body").fuzziness(0))
+            .setQuery(multiMatchQuery("foo").field("title", 100).field("body").fuzziness(Fuzziness.ZERO))
             .get();
         SearchHit[] hits = searchResponse.getHits().getHits();
         assertNotEquals("both documents should be on different shards", hits[0].getShard().getShardId(), hits[1].getShard().getShardId());
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
index e90d4e8e12c10..d32487df10b38 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.regex.Regex;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.time.DateFormatter;
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.Fuzziness;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
@@ -762,21 +763,21 @@ public void testMatchQueryFuzzy() throws Exception {
             client().prepareIndex("test").setId("2").setSource("text", "Unity")
         );
 
-        SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness("0")).get();
+        SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness(Fuzziness.ZERO)).get();
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 0L);
 
-        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness("1")).get();
+        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness(Fuzziness.ONE)).get();
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 2L);
         assertSearchHits(searchResponse, "1", "2");
 
-        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness("AUTO")).get();
+        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness(Fuzziness.AUTO)).get();
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 2L);
         assertSearchHits(searchResponse, "1", "2");
 
-        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness("AUTO:5,7")).get();
+        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "uniy").fuzziness(Fuzziness.customAuto(5, 7))).get();
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 0L);
 
-        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "unify").fuzziness("AUTO:5,7")).get();
+        searchResponse = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("text", "unify").fuzziness(Fuzziness.customAuto(5, 7))).get();
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 1L);
         assertSearchHits(searchResponse, "2");
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/Fuzziness.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/Fuzziness.java
index c3b6ea6b8c23d..28947b3936843 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/Fuzziness.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/Fuzziness.java
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ public static Fuzziness build(Object fuzziness) {
         return new Fuzziness(string);
     }
 
+    /***
+     * Creates a {@link Fuzziness} instance from lowDistance and highDistance.
+     * where the edit distance is 0 for strings shorter than lowDistance,
+     * 1 for strings where its length between lowDistance and highDistance (inclusive),
+     * and 2 for strings longer than highDistance.
+     */
+    public static Fuzziness customAuto(int lowDistance, int highDistance) {
+        return new Fuzziness("AUTO", lowDistance, highDistance);
+    }
+
     private static Fuzziness parseCustomAuto(final String string) {
         assert string.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith(AUTO.asString() + ":");
         String[] fuzzinessLimit = string.substring(AUTO.asString().length() + 1).split(",");
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder.java
index f8f84c52309d5..f901fac22d7ae 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder.java
@@ -175,12 +175,19 @@ public String minimumShouldMatch() {
         return this.minimumShouldMatch;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     /** Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO". */
     public MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder fuzziness(Object fuzziness) {
         this.fuzziness = Fuzziness.build(fuzziness);
         return this;
     }
 
+    /** Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO". */
+    public MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder fuzziness(Fuzziness fuzziness) {
+        this.fuzziness = fuzziness;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**  Gets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. */
     public Fuzziness fuzziness() {
         return this.fuzziness;
@@ -348,19 +355,16 @@ public static MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) th
             }
         }
 
-        MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder queryBuilder = new MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder(fieldName, value);
-        queryBuilder.analyzer(analyzer);
-        queryBuilder.operator(operator);
-        queryBuilder.minimumShouldMatch(minimumShouldMatch);
-        queryBuilder.boost(boost);
-        queryBuilder.queryName(queryName);
-        if (fuzziness != null) {
-            queryBuilder.fuzziness(fuzziness);
-        }
-        queryBuilder.prefixLength(prefixLength);
-        queryBuilder.maxExpansions(maxExpansion);
-        queryBuilder.fuzzyTranspositions(fuzzyTranspositions);
-        queryBuilder.fuzzyRewrite(fuzzyRewrite);
+        MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder queryBuilder = new MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder(fieldName, value).analyzer(analyzer)
+            .operator(operator)
+            .minimumShouldMatch(minimumShouldMatch)
+            .boost(boost)
+            .queryName(queryName)
+            .fuzziness(fuzziness)
+            .prefixLength(prefixLength)
+            .maxExpansions(maxExpansion)
+            .fuzzyTranspositions(fuzzyTranspositions)
+            .fuzzyRewrite(fuzzyRewrite);
         return queryBuilder;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilder.java
index 380e8722daca9..8dbe9392bdd95 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilder.java
@@ -208,12 +208,19 @@ public String analyzer() {
         return this.analyzer;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     /** Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO". */
     public MatchQueryBuilder fuzziness(Object fuzziness) {
         this.fuzziness = Fuzziness.build(fuzziness);
         return this;
     }
 
+    /** Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO". */
+    public MatchQueryBuilder fuzziness(Fuzziness fuzziness) {
+        this.fuzziness = fuzziness;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**  Gets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. */
     public Fuzziness fuzziness() {
         return this.fuzziness;
@@ -565,9 +572,7 @@ public static MatchQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOExc
         matchQuery.operator(operator);
         matchQuery.analyzer(analyzer);
         matchQuery.minimumShouldMatch(minimumShouldMatch);
-        if (fuzziness != null) {
-            matchQuery.fuzziness(fuzziness);
-        }
+        matchQuery.fuzziness(fuzziness);
         matchQuery.fuzzyRewrite(fuzzyRewrite);
         matchQuery.prefixLength(prefixLength);
         matchQuery.fuzzyTranspositions(fuzzyTranspositions);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
index 4e7b6fb51291b..f7009f05f348d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ public int slop() {
         return slop;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     /**
      * Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO".
      */
@@ -414,6 +415,14 @@ public MultiMatchQueryBuilder fuzziness(Object fuzziness) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the fuzziness used when evaluated to a fuzzy query type. Defaults to "AUTO".
+     */
+    public MultiMatchQueryBuilder fuzziness(Fuzziness fuzziness) {
+        this.fuzziness = fuzziness;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public Fuzziness fuzziness() {
         return fuzziness;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
index 32337f5df34c5..4ee790291f453 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class QueryStringQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<QueryStringQue
     public static final int DEFAULT_FUZZY_PREFIX_LENGTH = FuzzyQuery.defaultPrefixLength;
     public static final int DEFAULT_FUZZY_MAX_EXPANSIONS = FuzzyQuery.defaultMaxExpansions;
     public static final int DEFAULT_PHRASE_SLOP = 0;
+    /** Default maximum edit distance. Defaults to AUTO. */
     public static final Fuzziness DEFAULT_FUZZINESS = Fuzziness.AUTO;
     public static final Operator DEFAULT_OPERATOR = Operator.OR;
     public static final MultiMatchQueryBuilder.Type DEFAULT_TYPE = MultiMatchQueryBuilder.Type.BEST_FIELDS;
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ public boolean enablePositionIncrements() {
      * Set the edit distance for fuzzy queries. Default is "AUTO".
      */
     public QueryStringQueryBuilder fuzziness(Fuzziness fuzziness) {
-        this.fuzziness = fuzziness == null ? DEFAULT_FUZZINESS : fuzziness;
+        this.fuzziness = fuzziness;
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/FuzzinessTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/FuzzinessTests.java
index 71e2b322c2307..9b8eb79112953 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/FuzzinessTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/unit/FuzzinessTests.java
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ public void testSerializationCustomAuto() throws IOException {
         assertNotSame(original, deserializedFuzziness);
         assertEquals(original, deserializedFuzziness);
         assertEquals(original.asString(), deserializedFuzziness.asString());
+
+        original = Fuzziness.customAuto(4, 7);
+        deserializedFuzziness = doSerializeRoundtrip(original);
+        assertNotSame(original, deserializedFuzziness);
+        assertEquals(original, deserializedFuzziness);
+        assertEquals(original.asString(), deserializedFuzziness.asString());
     }
 
     private static Fuzziness doSerializeRoundtrip(Fuzziness in) throws IOException {
@@ -205,5 +211,11 @@ public void testAsDistanceString() {
         assertEquals(1, fuzziness.asDistance("abcdef"));
         assertEquals(2, fuzziness.asDistance("abcdefg"));
 
+        fuzziness = Fuzziness.customAuto(5, 7);
+        assertEquals(0, fuzziness.asDistance(""));
+        assertEquals(0, fuzziness.asDistance("abcd"));
+        assertEquals(1, fuzziness.asDistance("abcde"));
+        assertEquals(1, fuzziness.asDistance("abcdef"));
+        assertEquals(2, fuzziness.asDistance("abcdefg"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilderTests.java
index 8a6b09b1ea925..0e3fd0efe7804 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ public void testIllegalValues() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testDefaultFuzziness() {
+        MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder matchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder = new MatchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder(TEXT_FIELD_NAME, "text").fuzziness(null);
+        assertNull(matchBoolPrefixQueryBuilder.fuzziness());
+    }
+
     public void testFromSimpleJson() throws IOException {
         final String simple = "{" + "\"match_bool_prefix\": {" + "\"fieldName\": \"fieldValue\"" + "}" + "}";
         final String expected = "{"
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilderTests.java
index d6cd157d6f84e..2e18b1829d542 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ public void testFuzzinessOnNonStringField() throws Exception {
         query.toQuery(context); // no exception
     }
 
+    public void testDefaultFuzziness() {
+        MatchQueryBuilder matchQueryBuilder = new MatchQueryBuilder("text", TEXT_FIELD_NAME).fuzziness(null);
+        assertNull(matchQueryBuilder.fuzziness());
+    }
+
     public void testExactOnUnsupportedField() throws Exception {
         MatchQueryBuilder query = new MatchQueryBuilder(GEO_POINT_FIELD_NAME, "2,3");
         QueryShardContext context = createShardContext();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilderTests.java
index ec04ee8fd3d6d..735bb4d47fe47 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ public void testFuzzinessNotAllowedTypes() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testDefaultFuzziness() {
+        MultiMatchQueryBuilder multiMatchQueryBuilder = new MultiMatchQueryBuilder("text", TEXT_FIELD_NAME).fuzziness(null);
+        assertNull(multiMatchQueryBuilder.fuzziness());
+    }
+
     public void testQueryParameterArrayException() {
         String json = "{\n"
             + "  \"multi_match\" : {\n"
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilderTests.java
index 611223e067cff..ad39cd831a30c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ public void testToQueryWildcardWithIndexedPrefixes() throws Exception {
         assertThat(query, equalTo(expectedQuery));
     }
 
-    public void testToQueryWilcardQueryWithSynonyms() throws Exception {
+    public void testToQueryWildcardQueryWithSynonyms() throws Exception {
         for (Operator op : Operator.values()) {
             BooleanClause.Occur defaultOp = op.toBooleanClauseOccur();
             QueryStringQueryParser queryParser = new QueryStringQueryParser(createShardContext(), TEXT_FIELD_NAME);
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ public void testToQueryRegExpQueryMaxDeterminizedStatesParsing() throws Exceptio
         assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("would require more than 10 effort"));
     }
 
-    public void testToQueryFuzzyQueryAutoFuziness() throws Exception {
+    public void testToQueryFuzzyQueryAutoFuzziness() throws Exception {
         for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
             final int len;
             final int expectedEdits;
@@ -828,7 +828,6 @@ public void testToQueryFuzzyQueryAutoFuziness() throws Exception {
             String queryString = new String(bytes);
             for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
                 Query query = queryStringQuery(queryString + (j == 0 ? "~" : "~auto")).defaultField(TEXT_FIELD_NAME)
-                    .fuzziness(Fuzziness.AUTO)
                     .toQuery(createShardContext());
                 assertThat(query, instanceOf(FuzzyQuery.class));
                 FuzzyQuery fuzzyQuery = (FuzzyQuery) query;
@@ -868,6 +867,11 @@ public void testFuzzyNumeric() throws Exception {
         query.toQuery(context); // no exception
     }
 
+    public void testDefaultFuzziness() {
+        QueryStringQueryBuilder queryStringQueryBuilder = new QueryStringQueryBuilder(TEXT_FIELD_NAME).fuzziness(null);
+        assertNull(queryStringQueryBuilder.fuzziness());
+    }
+
     public void testPrefixNumeric() throws Exception {
         QueryStringQueryBuilder query = queryStringQuery("12*").defaultField(INT_FIELD_NAME);
         QueryShardContext context = createShardContext();