Yes, use the Boolean Full-Text Searched option
See here Mysql Manual
The manual says that "They do not use the 50% threshold."
The search in MySQL is not intuitive and the manual is slightly confusing so you need to read it carefully as well as preparing some test cases to make sure it is working and that you have implemented it correctly (from bitter experience).
There are a number of other search plugin's of varying complexity that you might want to look at that perform better but it is worth getting to grips with the native version as it is quick and (easy?) dirty.