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Re:Postgres as a Search Engine by Terr_ on Sunday August 25, 2024 @04:44AM (#41345633)
Back atcha: Have you ever heard of stemming?

That'll be different depending on the language, you can't simply transliterate words to another language, the mapping may change things and the rules might be different.

For example, in English "manage / managers", are practically the same, but transliterating to Spanish can give you "gestionan / gerentes", which diverge very early on.

Re:Postgres as a Search Engine by pezezin on Sunday August 25, 2024 @05:22AM (#41345833)
Alternatively you could use "gestor", which has the same stem. "Gestionar" and "gerente" have different origins, so no wonder they look very different.

But yes, most (all?) European languages have vastly more complex morphology than English.