Let's see your solrconfig entries? Doubtless something innocent seeming isn't quite right.
This might provide some clues: http://lucidworks.com/blog/2015/03/04/solr-suggester/ The reference guide is the first place to look, a lot of this functionality has changed in recent years so I always try to use the Solr reference guide: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Spell+Checking Best, Erick On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Mark Fenbers <mark.fenb...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Greetings! > > I'm attempting to use a file-based spell checker. My sourceLocation is > /usr/share/dict/linux.words, and my spellcheckIndexDir is set to > ./data/spFile. BuildOnStartup is set to true, and I see nothing to suggest > any sort of problem/error in solr.log. However, in my ./data/spFile/ > directory, there are only two files: segments_2 with only 71 bytes in it, > and a zero-byte write.lock file. For a source dictionary having 480,000 > words in it, I was expecting a bit more substance in the ./data/spFile > directory. Something doesn't seem right with this. > > Moreover, I ran a query on the word Fenbers, which isn't listed in the > linux.words file, but there are several similar words. The results I got > back were odd, and suggestions included the following: > fenber > f en be r > f e nb er > f en b er > f e n be r > f en b e r > f e nb e r > f e n b er > f e n b e r > > But I expected suggestions like fenders, embers, and fenberry, etc. I also > ran a query on Mark (which IS listed in linux.words) and got back two > suggestions in a similar format. I played with configurables like changing > the fieldType from text_en to string and the characterEncoding from UTF-8 to > ASCII, etc., but nothing seemed to yield any different results. > > Can anyone offer suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? I've been > struggling with this for more than 40 hours now! I'm surprised my > persistence has lasted this long! > > Thanks, > Mark