Interpreted

Interpreted (interp) is a general-purpose module that assigns a score to each result record based on the query processing techniques used to obtain the match.

Matching techniques considered include partial matching, cross-attribute matching, spelling correction, thesaurus, and stemming matching.

Specifically, the Interpreted module ranks results as follows:
  1. All non-partial matches are ranked ahead of all partial matches. For more information, see the "Using Search Modes" chapter in this guide.
  2. Within the above strata, all single-field matches are ranked ahead of all cross-field matches. For more information, see the "Working with Search Interfaces" chapter in this guide.
  3. Within the above strata, all non-spelling-corrected matches are ranked above all spelling-corrected matches. See the "Working with Spelling Correction and Did You Mean" chapter in this guide for more information.
  4. Within the above strata, all thesaurus matches are ranked below all non-thesaurus matches. See the "Using Stemming and Thesaurus" chapter in this guide for more information.
  5. Within the above strata, all stemming matches are ranked below all non-stemming matches. See the "Using Stemming and Thesaurus" chapter for more information.