How to Make xt850 Match xt 850
Manticore's version 23.0.0 introduces a solution for matching product searches like 'xt850' with 'xt 850' using bigram settings. This addresses a common issue where tokenization mismatches occur due to users removing spaces in model names. The article explains how to implement these settings to improve search accuracy in product catalogs.
- ▪Manticore can now match glued queries like 'xt850' with spaced tokens like 'xt 850' using bigram settings.
- ▪The problem arises from tokenization mismatches where indexed text is stored as separate terms.
- ▪The new bigram functionality allows for better indexing of adjacent token pairs to improve search results.
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 05:00:14 +0000 |
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How to Make xt850 Match xt 850Author: Sergey NikolaevPublished: May 04, 2026 - 7 Min readTL;DRSince version 23.0.0, Manticore can make searches like xt850 match xt 850 using bigram_delimiter together with digit-aware bigram_index modes.This solves a common tokenization mismatch in product search, where users remove spaces from model names but the source data stores them as separate tokens.Assumptions and verificationThis article assumes:RT tables created with SQL examples exactly as showndefault tokenization unless the example explicitly changes a settingASCII digits in model names, because second_numeric and second_has_digit are digit-aware modes built around 0-9All SQL examples and expected outputs in this article were verified against a real Manticore 23.0.0 instance before publishing,…
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