Stemming Threshold
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Stemming Threshold |
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Use the Stemming Threshold value of the Translate Table to indicate the number of characters a word must contain before trimming of plurals or stemming will take place.
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Required |
Default |
Recommended |
Min |
Max |
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YES |
0 |
5 |
0 |
100 |
Assigning a Stemming Threshold value will help prevent a portion of the root of smaller words being mistaken for a suffix.
Example
Assuming the Language field is set to ENGLISH and the Language Processing is set to ON:
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Stemming Threshold |
Word |
Stemmed |
Description |
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5 |
bring |
bring |
not stemmed. |
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4 |
bring |
br |
stemmed ( char count > PT ) |
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0 |
ring |
r |
stemmed ( char count > PT ) |
Choosing a Stemming Threshold that is to small could result in unwanted search results.