Using Word Forms

The Word forms options give you control over how many variations of your query terms will be sought in your search.

Exact match:
Only exact matches will be allowed. (the default)
Plurals & possessives:
Plural and possessive forms will be found. (s, es, 's)
Any word forms:
As many word forms as can be derived will be located.
Custom:
Uses the Custom Suffix List, Custom Suffix Default Removal, and Custom Suffix Min Length settings to create your own custom behavior.

Word president
EXACT president
PLURAL (above) + presidents president's
ANY (above) + presidential presidency preside presides presiding presided
Word tight
EXACT tight
PLURAL (above) + tights
ANY (above) + tightly tightening tightened tighter tightest
Word program
EXACT program
PLURAL (above) + programs program's
ANY (above) + programming programmatic programmed programmer programmable

Table 7.4: Word Form Examples

We call this morpheme processing, and it is generally smarter than a traditional "stemming" algorithm. It doesn't just rip the end off a word, it actually checks to see if it could be a valid form of the search term. More information is available at https://docs.thunderstone.com/site/texisman/adjusting_linguistic_controls.html .

Notes: Thesaurus terms are also treated in the same manner. Words smaller than 4-5 characters will not be morpheme processed.


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