If you want to allow for any single character "change", you can use FuzzyQuery. EG, pencil~1 allows for 1 character change, pencil~2 allows for 2.
Note that FuzzyQuery is very costly in 3.x, but is substantially (eg factor of 100 times) faster in trunk / 4.0. Mike http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Otis Gospodnetic <otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, penc?l should do it. > > Otis > --- > Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch > Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: boraldo <bora...@mail.ru> >> To: general@lucene.apache.org >> Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 8:08:54 AM >> Subject: Lucene: is it possible to search with an error in one letter? >> >> I have a document with text "pencil". I want to search it using query >> "pencel". Or vica versa. >> Is it possible ? >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >>http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Lucene-is-it-possible-to-search-with-an-error-in-one-letter-tp3001723p3001723.html >> >> Sent from the Lucene - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >