In general terms, any occurrence of any element which is at the left of the => operator, is replaced by what is at the right of the => operator. If the user searches for icebox he will get no results. Only the first product is affected, only occurrences of the icebox word are mapped, cooler or fridge are not replaced. IMPORTANT: for the synonyms set to be applied correctly, the term to replace must exist in the feed. In this case, as car cooler does not include the term icebox, nothing is being replaced.

Explicit Replacements:Įxplicit Replacements allow greater specificity in terms of how a word or term is replaced at the time of indexing.ĭoofinder will then replace all occurrences of icebox for both cooler and fridge. You may get different results or in different order of priority. 📌 Note: The use of a synonym does not guarantee that you will have the same search results applying one and the other. The application of a synonym set to a product occurs at the time of indexing, where any occurrence of a defined synonym results in it being mapped to all the associated synonyms in the set. They are structured and added separated by commas, in the following way: Synonym1, Synonym2, Synonym3. This will return all products that contain instances of synonyms defined in a synonym set. Let's see the difference between them! Synonyms Synonyms (shoe, sport shoe, sneaker, trainers).Įxplicit Replacements (icebox => cooler, fridge, freezer). What are Custom Synonyms?Ĭustom synonyms are sets of synonyms which are applied and stored in the Index at the time of indexing. With Doofinder you can use custom synonyms to make results match other terms that are not usually included in your data feed. A synonym is a word that means the same as another word in the same language, for example, “small” and “little” are synonyms.

Sononym plugin