# Hunspell does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 6, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell-does-not-work/15635 "2014-02-06T06:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vinay\_Gurram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinay_gurram/32/1818_2.png) [@Vinay\_Gurram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinay_Gurram)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell-does-not-work/15635/1 "2014-02-06T06:35:04Z")
I am using hunspell as explained in [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html) . If i type "making a seach", it creates correct tokens "making, make, a , search". But if I type "restaOrant" instead of "restaurant", is not correcting it to "restaurant". Hunspell is a spell checker, so i am assuming it should do the trick. May be I am wrong, can you please point me in the right direction to spell checker? Thank you, Regards, Gurram Vinay Venkatakrishna. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/96ed54e4-a3e4-4d74-b467-5379166fc0fa%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/96ed54e4-a3e4-4d74-b467-5379166fc0fa%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell-does-not-work/15635/2 "2014-02-06T07:59:22Z")
Hunspell is not used as spell checker in Lucene/Elasticsearch, only as a stemming dictionary. If you want spellchecker, use the Elasticsearch suggester [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html) Jörg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFXmWqj5JXDJ-XaM0y%2BAFKN2WHk-M%3DgRy89aFkAOig9Ng%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFXmWqj5JXDJ-XaM0y%2BAFKN2WHk-M%3DgRy89aFkAOig9Ng%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Vinay\_Gurram\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinay_gurram_2/32/1816_2.png) [@Vinay\_Gurram\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinay_Gurram_2)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell-does-not-work/15635/3 "2014-02-06T09:19:23Z")
Thank you for the clarification. I will try the suggester. Regards, Gurram Vinay Venkatakrishna On Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:29:22 PM UTC+5:30, Jörg Prante wrote: > Hunspell is not used as spell checker in Lucene/Elasticsearch, only as a > stemming dictionary. > > If you want spellchecker, use the Elasticsearch suggester > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html) > > Jörg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5940d963-0813-4d76-887b-ded2fa64ac98%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5940d963-0813-4d76-887b-ded2fa64ac98%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell-does-not-work/15635/4 "2017-07-06T01:52:08Z")