# Arabic hunspell doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 22, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749 "2016-12-22T08:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/1 "2016-12-22T08:08:47Z")
I tried to load the arabic hunspell from the [elastic hunspell project](https://github.com/elastic/hunspell/tree/master/dicts) . I followed the [official elastic doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/hunspell.html) and I succeeded with the others dictionaries, except Arabic. I got this exception: ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "index_creation_exception", "reason": "failed to create index" } ], "type": "unchecked_execution_exception", "reason": "ElasticsearchException[Could not find hunspell dictionary [ar_ooe]]", "caused_by": { "type": "exception", "reason": "Could not find hunspell dictionary [ar_ooe]" } }, "status": 500 } ``` I tried with all the arabic versions: `ar-moz, ar-ooe, ar-ooe2` I tried it in elastic 2.4.1 and elastic 5.0.2 Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/2 "2016-12-22T10:47:09Z")
What do you have in your elasticsearch config dir? Can you share the result of a ls -l `config/hunspell`? Did you read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html)? What exactly steps did you follow? ---
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/3 "2016-12-22T11:58:32Z")
I installed elastic with rpm, so I have the hunspell dir in: `/etc/elasticsearch/` The folder have the right privileges. The other hunspell dictionaries work fine and they have the same privileges. I followed this guide and I also checked it and it's working for the other dictionaries(en\_US, cy\_GB etc.) There is some logs that i can see except this error?.. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/4 "2016-12-22T12:10:03Z")
Can you share the result of a `ls -l config/hunspell`? ---
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/5 "2016-12-22T12:55:49Z")
ls -l output: `drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 16 15:54 ar-moz drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 16 15:54 ar-ooe drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 16 15:54 ar-ooe-2 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 16 15:54 en_US` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/6 "2016-12-22T13:47:27Z")
Thanks. Can you ls now the content of all subdirs? ---
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/7 "2016-12-25T08:26:07Z")
ls -l output for ar: `drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 406229 Nov 16 15:54 ar.aff drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 2218665 Nov 16 15:54 ar.dic drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 420 Nov 16 15:54 README-en drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 50 Nov 16 15:54 settings.yml` I don't have network connection in my office so it takes me a lot of time to write it.. I see this output for all the hunspell dic folders ---
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/8 "2017-01-03T08:32:56Z")
Could someone help me with that?.. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/9 "2017-01-03T08:51:57Z")
In the trace you pasted I can see `ar_ooe` but you installed `ar-ooe`. Can it be your issue? ---
**Author:** ![Netanel\_Malka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netanel_malka/32/47520_2.png) [@Netanel\_Malka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Netanel_Malka)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/10 "2017-01-15T13:20:59Z")
Unfortunately not. it's a typo when i copied it manually. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/11 "2017-01-15T16:34:32Z")
Just to make sure. Are you running elasticsearch as `root` user? I don't understand why your files belongs to `root` user here. May be try to change that? I have no more idea (I never used that TBH). May be @Clinton_Gormley1 has more ideas? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-hunspell-doesnt-work/69749/12 "2017-02-12T16:35:13Z")
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