The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 18149
Logged by: Patrick Peralta
Email address: pperalta@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 14.5
Operating system: Linux
Description:
The english dictionary is using the lexeme "proxi" for the token "proxy". As
a result, the search term "proxy" is not yielding results for records that
contain this word.
# select * from ts_debug('english', 'proxy');
alias | description | token | dictionaries | dictionary |
lexemes
-----------+-----------------+-------+----------------+--------------+---------
asciiword | Word, all ASCII | proxy | {english_stem} | english_stem |
{proxi}
I think this lexeme was chosen to support the plural of proxy which is
proxies. However there are other plurals where the root word is spelled
different and Postgres creates the correct lexeme such as:
# select * from ts_debug('english', 'goose');
alias | description | token | dictionaries | dictionary |
lexemes
-----------+-----------------+-------+----------------+--------------+---------
asciiword | Word, all ASCII | goose | {english_stem} | english_stem |
{goos}
# select * from ts_debug('english', 'mouse');
alias | description | token | dictionaries | dictionary |
lexemes
-----------+-----------------+-------+----------------+--------------+---------
asciiword | Word, all ASCII | mouse | {english_stem} | english_stem |
{mous}
I believe we can create our own dictionary as a workaround
(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/textsearch-dictionaries.html) but
I'm reporting this to see if using "proxi" for "proxy" is intentional.
