Alternate Spelling

When Swedish, German, or Danish has more than one way of spelling a word, Oracle Text normally indexes the word in its original form; that is, as it appears in the source document.

When Alternate Spelling is enabled, Oracle Text indexes words in their normalized form. So, for example, Schoen is indexed both as Schoen and as Schön, and a query on Schoen will return documents containing either spelling. (The same is true of a query on Schön.)

To enable Alternate Spelling, set the BASIC_LEXER attribute ALTERNATE_SPELLING to GERMAN, DANISH, or SWEDISH. See “BASIC_LEXER” for more information.