FTS5 with Porter stemming treats 'kindness' and 'kind' as the same root word,
which caused stemmed matches to rank equally with exact matches. This adds a
secondary relevance boost on top of BM25 to prioritize exact matches.
Relevance scoring now:
- BM25 base score (from FTS5)
- +100 for exact phrase match in verse text
- +50 per exact word match (e.g., 'kindness' exactly)
- +10 per partial/stemmed match (e.g., 'kind' via stemming)
Example: Searching for 'kindness'
- Verses with 'kindness': BM25 + 150 (phrase + word)
- Verses with 'kind': BM25 + 10 (partial match)
This ensures exact matches appear first while still benefiting from Porter
stemming to find all word variations.
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Joshua Ryder
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