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title: "Language and matching · Agent Wranglers"
url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching
parts: 4
tokens_total: 3372
updated: 2026-10-27
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licence: "CC BY 4.0"
licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
---

# Language and matching

For AI agents: the [site map](https://agentwranglers.se/llms.txt) lists everything here, and this page sits under [Search](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search.md).

By [Agent Wranglers](https://agentwranglers.se/authors/agent-wranglers.md). Updated 2026-10-27.

> Set the language of every field and split compound words. Match plain questions, and store the words people use for each item.

**For agents:** this playbook is free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add `<a href="https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching">Agent Wranglers search playbook</a>`. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link.

## Recommended

- SRH-13 [Set the language of every search field](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching/search-language.md) · 911 tokens · updated 2026-10-27
  Choose the language rules for each searched field on purpose. Test word endings, accents and typos with a fixed list of word pairs.
- SRH-14 [Split compound words in languages that join them](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching/compound-words.md) · 1,008 tokens · updated 2026-10-27
  For Swedish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Danish fields, split compound words into their parts at index and query time. A search for one part then finds the whole word.
- SRH-15 [Match how people ask as well as title words](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching/match-plain-questions.md) · 880 tokens · updated 2026-10-27
  Site search, ask endpoints and agent tools drop filler words and match word forms, so a plain question finds the right page.

## Optional

- SRH-16 [Give every item the words people use for it](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/language-and-matching/item-aliases.md) · 573 tokens · updated 2026-10-27
  Store a short list of aliases with each page, product or rule, and let search read them.

## Read this with

- [E-commerce and fulfilment playbook](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ecommerce.md). Shoppers type product words in many forms. Match word endings and compound words.

- Previous: [Access and limits](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/access-and-limits.md)
- Next: [Relevance](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search/relevance.md)
- [All chapters](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/search.md)