Searching word in vim?

I can search word in vim with /word. How can I exclude searches for word1, word2 and only search for word.

From stackoverflow

• like this:

  /\<word\>
  

  \< means beginning of a word, and \> means the end of a word,

  Adding @Roe's comment:
  VIM provides a shortcut for this. If you already have word on screen and you want to find other instances of it, you can put the cursor on the word and press '*' to search forward in the file or '#' to search backwards.

  roe : beaten by 19 seconds :) +1

  roe : placing your cursor over a word and pressing * (forward) or # (backward) is a shortcut

  Nathan Fellman : yes, I tried to be fast :)

• I usually google my trusty vim cheat sheets whenever I go a long time without using it.

  http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/vimcheat.html