diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs b/milli/src/search/new/db_cache.rs
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+use std::collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap};
+
+use heed::{types::ByteSlice, RoTxn};
+
+use crate::{Index, Result};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct DatabaseCache<'transaction> {
+    pub word_pair_proximity_docids: HashMap<(u8, String, String), Option<&'transaction [u8]>>,
+    pub word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids:
+        HashMap<(u8, String, String), Option<&'transaction [u8]>>,
+    pub word_docids: HashMap<String, Option<&'transaction [u8]>>,
+    pub exact_word_docids: HashMap<String, Option<&'transaction [u8]>>,
+    pub word_prefix_docids: HashMap<String, Option<&'transaction [u8]>>,
+}
+impl<'transaction> DatabaseCache<'transaction> {
+    pub fn get_word_docids(
+        &mut self,
+        index: &Index,
+        txn: &'transaction RoTxn,
+        word: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Option<&'transaction [u8]>> {
+        let bitmap_ptr = match self.word_docids.entry(word.to_owned()) {
+            Entry::Occupied(bitmap_ptr) => *bitmap_ptr.get(),
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                let bitmap_ptr = index.word_docids.remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>().get(txn, word)?;
+                entry.insert(bitmap_ptr);
+                bitmap_ptr
+            }
+        };
+        Ok(bitmap_ptr)
+    }
+    pub fn get_prefix_docids(
+        &mut self,
+        index: &Index,
+        txn: &'transaction RoTxn,
+        prefix: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Option<&'transaction [u8]>> {
+        // In the future, this will be a frozen roaring bitmap
+        let bitmap_ptr = match self.word_prefix_docids.entry(prefix.to_owned()) {
+            Entry::Occupied(bitmap_ptr) => *bitmap_ptr.get(),
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                let bitmap_ptr =
+                    index.word_prefix_docids.remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>().get(txn, prefix)?;
+                entry.insert(bitmap_ptr);
+                bitmap_ptr
+            }
+        };
+        Ok(bitmap_ptr)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_word_pair_proximity_docids(
+        &mut self,
+        index: &Index,
+        txn: &'transaction RoTxn,
+        word1: &str,
+        word2: &str,
+        proximity: u8,
+    ) -> Result<Option<&'transaction [u8]>> {
+        let key = (proximity, word1.to_owned(), word2.to_owned());
+        match self.word_pair_proximity_docids.entry(key.clone()) {
+            Entry::Occupied(bitmap_ptr) => Ok(*bitmap_ptr.get()),
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                // Note that now, we really want to do a prefix iter over (w1, w2) to get all the possible proximities
+                // but oh well
+                //
+                // Actually, we shouldn'transaction greedily access this DB at all
+                // a DB (w1, w2) -> [proximities] would be much better
+                // We could even have a DB that is (w1) -> set of words such that (w1, w2) are in proximity
+                // And if we worked with words encoded as integers, the set of words could be a roaring bitmap
+                // Then, to find all the proximities between two list of words, we'd do:
+
+                // inputs:
+                //    - words1 (roaring bitmap)
+                //    - words2 (roaring bitmap)
+                // output:
+                //    - [(word1, word2, [proximities])]
+                // algo:
+                //  let mut ouput = vec![];
+                //  for word1 in words1 {
+                //      let all_words_in_proximity_of_w1 = pair_words_db.get(word1);
+                //      let words_in_proximity_of_w1 = all_words_in_proximity_of_w1 & words2;
+                //      for word2 in words_in_proximity_of_w1 {
+                //          let proximties = prox_db.get(word1, word2);
+                //          output.push(word1, word2, proximities);
+                //      }
+                //  }
+                let bitmap_ptr = index
+                    .word_pair_proximity_docids
+                    .remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>()
+                    .get(txn, &(key.0, key.1.as_str(), key.2.as_str()))?;
+                entry.insert(bitmap_ptr);
+                Ok(bitmap_ptr)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids(
+        &mut self,
+        index: &Index,
+        txn: &'transaction RoTxn,
+        word1: &str,
+        prefix2: &str,
+        proximity: u8,
+    ) -> Result<Option<&'transaction [u8]>> {
+        let key = (proximity, word1.to_owned(), prefix2.to_owned());
+        match self.word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids.entry(key.clone()) {
+            Entry::Occupied(bitmap_ptr) => Ok(*bitmap_ptr.get()),
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                let bitmap_ptr = index
+                    .word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids
+                    .remap_data_type::<ByteSlice>()
+                    .get(txn, &(key.0, key.1.as_str(), key.2.as_str()))?;
+                entry.insert(bitmap_ptr);
+                Ok(bitmap_ptr)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}