Hello all,
I posted yesterday, however I never received my own post, so worried it did not
go through (?) Also, I am not a coder, so apologies if not appropriate to post
here. I honestly don't know where else to turn, and am determined to find a
solution, as search is essential to our site.
We are having a website built with a search engine based on SOLR v3.6. For
stemming, the developer uses EnglishMinimalStemFilterFactory. They were
previously using PorterStemFilterFactory which worked better with plural forms,
however PorterStemFilterFactory was not working correctly with –ing endings.
“icing” becoming "ic", for example.
Most search terms work fine, but we have inconsistent results (singular vs
plural) with terms that end in -ee, -oe, -ie, -ae, and words that end in -s.
In comparison, the following work fine: words that end with -oo, -ue, -e, -a.
The developers have been unable to find a solution ("Unfortunately we tried to
apply all the filters for stemming but this problem is not resolved"), but this
has to be a common issue (?) Someone surely has found a solution to this
problem??
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
Sara
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DO NOT WORK: Plural terms that end in -ee, -oe, -ie, -ae, and words that end
in -s.
Examples:
tree = 0 results
trees = 21 results
dungaree = 0 results
dungarees = 1 result
shoe = 0 results
shoes = 1 result
toe = 1 result
toes = 0 results
tie = 1 result
ties = 0 results
Cree = 0 results
Crees = 1 result
dais = 1 result
daises = 0 results
bias = 1 result
biases = 0 results
dress = 1 result
dresses = 0 results
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WORKS: Words that end with -oo, -ue, -e, -a
Examples:
tide = 1 result
tides = 1 results
hue = 2 results
hues = 2 results
dakota = 1 result
dakotas = 1 result
loo = 1 result
loos = 1 result
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