Does MySql full text search works reasonably with non-Latin languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese...)
full-text-search, mysql, non-latin
Solution
Though Hebrew support in MySQL is limited, your problem is more a problem of people using incorrect spelling, then a dysfunction of the MySQL server in this perspective. When you misspell a word in Google, it will show you a suggestion and you can click on that suggestion to search for that term.
Perhaps you could build some program that has the same behaviour, e.g. you could create a table that has 2 fields, one containing the commonly misspelled word and the other containing the correct spelling. You could then build a program that finds the misspelled word and displays the suggestion.
Problem
Does MySql full text search works reasonably with non-Latin languages? (Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese...) Addition: Did some tests... It has some problems with Hebrew. Example: The name מוסינזון is pronounced the same as מושינזון but searching one won't find the other, as this is a common spelling error in Hebrew, it seems I will have to do some data manipulation for it to work perfectly.