I'm going to reply to my own question. After recalling a previous email from James Dyer, I know the answer.
-----Original Message----- From: Corey Gerhardt [mailto:corey.gerha...@directwest.com] Sent: August-20-14 9:54 AM To: Solr User List Subject: Business Name Collation Solr 4.8.1 Correct value: Wardell F E B Dr Just wondering if anyone can see an issue with my spellchecker settings. There is no collation value and I'm hoping that someone can explain why. <lst name="spellchecker"> <str name="classname">org.apache.solr.spelling.DirectSolrSpellChecker</str> <str name="name">default</str> <str name="field">spell</str> <str name="distanceMeasure">internal</str> <float name="accuracy">0.8</float> <int name="maxEdits">2</int> <int name="minPrefix">1</int> <int name="maxInspections">5</int> <int name="minQueryLength">1</int> <float name="thresholdTokenFrequency">0.0001</float> <float name="maxQueryFrequency">0.01</float> <str name="buildOnCommit">true</str> </lst> </searchComponent> { "responseHeader":{ "status":0, "QTime":0, "params":{ "mm":"100%", "spellcheck":"true", "sort":"score desc,BUS_PRIORITY_RANK desc,BUS_CITY_EXACT asc,BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_SORT asc", "spellcheck.maxResultsForSuggest":"5", "spellcheck.collateParam.qf":"BUS_BUSINESS_NAME", "spellcheck.maxCollations":"3", "spellcheck.maxCollationTries":"30", "qf":"BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE", "q.alt":"*:*", "spellcheck.collate":"true", "spellcheck.onlyMorePopular":"false", "defType":"edismax", "debugQuery":"true", "echoParams":"all", "fl":"BUS_IS_TOLL_FREE,score,id,BUS_BUSINESS_NAME,BUS_SERVICE_AREA,BUS_CITY,BUS_PRIORITY_RANK,BUS_LISTING_ID,BUS_DW_CUST_ID", "spellcheck.accuracy":"0.8", "debug.explain.structured":"true", "spellcheck.count":"10", "spellcheck.alternativeTermCount":"10", "spellcheck":"true", "spellcheck.accuracy":"0.8", "indent":"true", "q":"Wardel F E B Dr", "spellcheck.collate":"true", "wt":"json"}}, "response":{"numFound":0,"start":0,"maxScore":0.0,"docs":[] }, "spellcheck":{ "suggestions":[ "wardel",{ "numFound":1, "startOffset":0, "endOffset":6, "suggestion":["wardell"]}]}, "debug":{ "rawquerystring":"Wardel F E B Dr", "querystring":"Wardel F E B Dr", "parsedquery":"(+((DisjunctionMaxQuery((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:wardel)) DisjunctionMaxQuery((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:f)) DisjunctionMaxQuery((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:e)) DisjunctionMaxQuery((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:b)) DisjunctionMaxQuery(((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:dr BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:doctor))))~5))/no_coord", "parsedquery_toString":"+(((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:wardel) (BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:f) (BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:e) (BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:b) ((BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:dr BUS_BUSINESS_NAME_PHRASE:doctor)))~5)", "explain":{}, "QParser":"ExtendedDismaxQParser", "altquerystring":null, "boost_queries":null, "parsed_boost_queries":[], "boostfuncs":null, Thanks, Corey