DirectSpellChecker defaults to not suggest anything for terms that occur in 1% or more of the total documents in the index. You can set this higher in solrconfig.xml either with a fractional percent or a whole-number absolute number of documents.
See http://lucene.apache.org/core/4_10_0/suggest/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/DirectSpellChecker.html#setMaxQueryFrequency%28float%29 James Dyer Ingram Content Group (615) 213-4311 -----Original Message----- From: Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody [mailto:nathaniel.rudav...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:41 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: fuzzy terms, DirectSolrSpellChecker and alternativeTermCount Yep, I tried it both as a default param in the request handler (as in the config I sent), and in the request, but with no effect... That's what surprised me, since it seems it should work. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:38 , Dyer, James <james.d...@ingramcontent.com> wrote: > Did you try "spellcheck.alternativeTermCount" with > DirectSolrSpellChecker? You can set it to whatever low value you > actually want it to return back to you (perhaps 20 suggestions max?). > > James Dyer > Ingram Content Group > (615) 213-4311 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody [mailto:nathaniel.rudav...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:36 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: RE: fuzzy terms, DirectSolrSpellChecker and > alternativeTermCount > > Hi James, > > The request > /spellcheck?spellcheck=true&spellcheck.q=quiam&spellcheck.dictionary=fuzzy2 > returns > > quidam, quam, quia, quoniam, quidem, quadam, quodam, quoad, quedam, > quis, quae, quas, quem, quid, quin, qui, qua > > Replacing quiam (not in the index) by quidam (in the index) returns > nothing at all, but I want it to return > > quidam, quam, quia, quidem, quadam, quodam, quedam, ... > > When I was using the same parameters with IndexBasedSpellChecker, by > setting a high alternativeTermCount, I got results for both. But as I > said, then I can't differentiate the different maxEdits. > > The request handler is: > > <requestHandler name="/spellcheck" > class="org.apache.solr.handler.component.SearchHandler"> > <lst name="defaults"> > <str name="spellcheck.dictionary">fuzzy1</str> > <str name="spellcheck.count">20</str> > <int name="spellcheck.alternativeTermCount">1000000</int> > </lst> > <arr name="last-components"> > <str>fuzzyterms</str> > </arr> > </requestHandler> > > Thanks! > > Nathaniel > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:08 , Dyer, James > <james.d...@ingramcontent.com> wrote: >> Nathaniel, >> >> Can you show us all of the parameters you are sending to the >> spellchecker? When you specify "alternativeTermCount" with >> "spellcheck.q=quidam", what are the terms you expect to get back? >> Also, are you getting any query results back? If you are using a >> "q" >> that returns results, or more results than you specify for >> "spellcheck.maxResultsForSuggest", spellcheck won't give you >> anything >> regardless of what you put for "spellcheck.q". >> >> James Dyer >> Ingram Content Group >> (615) 213-4311 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody >> [mailto:nathaniel.rudav...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:08 AM >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Subject: fuzzy terms, DirectSolrSpellChecker and >> alternativeTermCount >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying find the best way to "fake" the terms component for >> fuzzy >> queries. That is, I need the full set of index terms for each of >> the >> two queries "quidam~1" and "quidam~2". >> >> I tried defining two suggesters with FuzzyLookupFactory, with >> maxEdits=1 and 2 respectively, but the results for "quidam~1" >> include >> suffixes like "quodammodo", which makes sense for a suggester but >> isn't >> what I want here. >> >> Now I'm trying with the spell-checker. As far as I can see, >> IndexBasedSpellChecker doesn't let me set maxEdits, so I can't use >> it >> to distinguish between my two queries. DirectSolrSpellChecker seems >> like it should work, ie: >> >> <searchComponent name="fuzzyterms" >> class="solr.SpellCheckComponent"> >> <lst name="spellchecker"> >> <str name="name">fuzzy1</str> >> <str name="classname">solr.DirectSolrSpellChecker</str> >> <int name="maxEdits">1</int> >> ... >> </lst> >> <lst name="spellchecker"> >> <str name="name">fuzzy2</str> >> <str name="classname">solr.DirectSolrSpellChecker</str> >> <int name="maxEdits">2</int> >> ... >> </lst> >> </searchComponent> >> >> However the parameter spellcheck.alternativeTermCount has no >> effect, >> so >> the query "spellcheck.q=quidam" gives no results, but >> "spellcheck.q=quiam" (which doesn't exist in the index) gives the >> expected terms. >> >> Am I missing something? Or is there a better way to do this? >> >> Many thanks for any help and ideas, >> >> Nathaniel
