Keyword Stemming 

When searching for keywords using the Progressive operator, MDM uses the Inxight stemming engine (if installed) to extract the stem (or base form) of the entered search words. Base forms are simply the form of the keyword found in the dictionary. With keyword stemming, MDM finds records containing the search words you entered, plus records containing any variants of your search words, saving you the hassle of performing multiple searches or simply not finding all of the records you were looking for.

For example, the words “grinding”, “grinds”, and “ground” are all variants of the verb grind. However, without keyword stemming, any search for the keyword “grind” might not find records containing “grinding” and “grinds” in their keyword fields (depending on the search operator) and would definitely miss records containing “ground”.

Stemming is not available for non-whitespace languages such as Japanese, Thai, and Chinese languages.

Prior to SP6 Patch 3, keyword stemming required that search terms were entered in all lowercase letters.