# Is "it" a buildin stop word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 28, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-a-buildin-stop-word/6832 "2012-02-28T14:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ottsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ottsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ottsch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-a-buildin-stop-word/6832/1 "2012-02-28T14:23:52Z")
Hi, when I try to search an index for "it" there are no results. Does that mean "it" gets ignored in the analyzing process? And if so, how can I turn that off? Thanks for your help! Hannes. ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-a-buildin-stop-word/6832/2 "2012-02-28T14:44:45Z")
Yes, "it" is one of standard stop words in Lucene: [https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene\_solr\_3\_5/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/StopAnalyzer.java#L51](https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene_solr_3_5/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/StopAnalyzer.java#L51) You can change this list for default analyzer in config file: index: analysis: analyzer: default: type: standard stopwords: ["foo", "bar", "baz"] See > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. more information. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, ottsch [ottsch@gmail.com](mailto:ottsch@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > when I try to search an index for "it" there are no results. Does that > mean "it" gets ignored in the analyzing process? And if so, how can I turn > that off? > > Thanks for your help! > > Hannes. ---
**Author:** ![ottsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ottsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ottsch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-a-buildin-stop-word/6832/3 "2012-02-28T14:57:03Z")
Thanks a lot for your quick answer! On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Igor Motov [imotov@gmail.com](mailto:imotov@gmail.com) wrote: > Yes, "it" is one of standard stop words in Lucene: > [https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene\_solr\_3\_5/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/StopAnalyzer.java#L51](https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene_solr_3_5/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/StopAnalyzer.java#L51) > > You can change this list for default analyzer in config file: > > index: > analysis: > analyzer: > default: > type: standard > stopwords: ["foo", "bar", "baz"] > > See [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/index-modules/analysis/standard-analyzer.html) > for more information. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, ottsch [ottsch@gmail.com](mailto:ottsch@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > when I try to search an index for "it" there are no results. Does that > > mean "it" gets ignored in the analyzing process? And if so, how can I turn > > that off? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Hannes. ---
**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, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-a-buildin-stop-word/6832/4 "2017-07-06T03:38:00Z")