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Implementing Spellchecker in Solr

A common need in search applications is suggesting correct word/ phrase for a misspelled word / phrase. These suggestions may come from a dictionary that is based upon some field or upon any other arbitrary dictionary.  Implementing a spell-check suggester in Apace Solr is a piece of cake. All you need is to follow the given steps and you are done. Step 1: Open <SOLR_HOME>/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml and search for  <lst name=" spellchecker " >   under this tag make changes to  <str name=" field " > name </str>  in place of    name   define your field which will be referred for spell checking Now we have to update the spell requestHandler settings, to do so search for  <requestHandler name="/ spell " class=" solr.SearchHandler " startup=" lazy " > and under this tag make changes to <str name=" df " > text </str>  in place of    ...