# Hunspell **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 8, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807 "2017-11-08T06:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/1 "2017-11-08T06:34:26Z")
INPUT: ``` PUT /my_index { "settings": { "analysis": { "filter": { "en_US": { "type": "hunspell", "language": "en_US" } }, "analyzer": { "en_US": { "tokenizer": "standard", "filter": ["lowercase", "en_US"] } } } } } ``` OUTPUT: ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "illegal_state_exception", "reason": "failed to load hunspell dictionary for locale: en_US" } ], "type": "illegal_state_exception", "reason": "failed to load hunspell dictionary for locale: en_US", "caused_by": { "type": "exception", "reason": "Could not find hunspell dictionary [en_US]" } }, "status": 500 } ``` > How should I resolve this error to work with hunspell dictionary? ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/2 "2017-11-08T08:11:46Z")
You will need to deploy the dictionary you want to use on the filesystem on all of your nodes. Our documentation explains how to do this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html) Elasticsearch does not ship with dictionaries, but the documentation mentioned above has some links to dictionaries available on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/3 "2017-11-08T09:08:35Z")
Thanks for the reply @abdon I had already referred the doc and installed the dictionary, but still I m unable to resolve the query. Can you please help me with it? ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/4 "2017-11-08T09:28:42Z")
So, to confirm: you have created a directory `hunspell` inside the Elasticsearch configuration directory (the directory that's configured through the `path.conf` setting). Inside the `hunspell` directory you have created a directory `en_US`. And inside that directory you have placed the `.aff` file and the `.dic` files that you downloaded? You need to do this on all of your nodes, and you need to restart the nodes after deploying the files. ---
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/5 "2017-11-08T09:30:48Z")
> [@abdon](#): > > o, to confirm: you have created a directory hunspell inside the Elasticsearch configuration directory (the directory that's configured through the path.conf setting). Inside the hunspell directory you have created a directory en\_US. And inside that directory you have placed the .aff file and the .dic files that you downloaded? > > You need to do this on all of your nodes, and you n Yes I did the same ---
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/6 "2017-11-08T09:36:57Z")
I guess there is some configuration issue in the .yml file of the elasticsearch. Can help me with the configuration file? ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/7 "2017-11-08T11:41:38Z")
There is nothing you need to do in the elasticsearch.yml file. The error message really suggests that Elasticsearch cannot find those `.aff` and `.dic` files. Does the Elasticsearch process have read rights on those files? Are you sure there is no hidden extension (when downloading the files, I noticed my browser appended a `.txt` extension to the file names). What version of Elasticsearch are you using? Which `.aff` and `.dic` files are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/8 "2017-11-08T12:17:22Z")
> What version of Elasticsearch are you using? Elasticsearch Version: 5.2.2 > Which .aff and .dic files are you using? en\_US [http://download.services.openoffice.org/contrib/dictionaries/](http://download.services.openoffice.org/contrib/dictionaries/) ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/9 "2017-11-08T13:47:14Z")
Not sure what the problem here is. I have just tried these dictionary files, and they work fine for me. I would double check that: - you have actually placed the files in the correct path.conf configuration directory (the same directory containing your elasticsearch.yml file) - there is no typo in the directory and file names. - your file structure looks exactly like this, and you have named the files and directories the same: ---
**Author:** ![Atul\_Harsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Atul\_Harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Harsha)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/10 "2017-11-09T20:20:31Z")
Yes File are placed in the same way. Can you attach the zip file which you are using ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/11 "2017-11-10T05:26:36Z")
I downloaded the ZIP file you linked in your previous message. I have no idea why it doesn't work for you... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hunspell/106807/12 "2017-12-08T05:26:40Z")
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