PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY

February 26, 2026: PostgreSQL 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22 Released! Documentation → PostgreSQL 18 Supported Versions: Current (18) / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 Development Versions: devel Unsupported versions: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 / 8.3 CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY Prev Up SQL Commands Home Next CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY — define a new text search dictionary Synopsis CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY name ( TEMPLATE = template [, option = value [, ... ]] ) Description CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY creates a new text search dictionary. A text search dictionary specifies a way of recognizing interesting or uninteresting words for searching. A dictionary depends on a text search template, which specifies the functions that actually perform the work. Typically the dictionary provides some options that control the detailed behavior of the template's functions. If a schema name is given then the text search dictionary is created in the specified schema. Otherwise it is created in the current schema. The user who defines a text search dictionary becomes its owner. Refer to Chapter 12 for further information. Parameters name The name of the text search dictionary to be created. The name can be schema-qualified. template The name of the text search template that will define the basic behavior of this dictionary. option The name of a template-specific option to be set for this dictionary. value The value to use for a template-specific option. If the value is not a simple identifier or number, it must be quoted (but you can always quote it, if you wish). The options can appear in any order. Examples The following example command creates a Snowball-based dictionary with a nonstandard list of stop words. CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY my_russian ( template = snowball, language = russian, stopwords = myrussian ); Compatibility There is no CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY statement in the SQL standard. See AlsoALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY, DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY Prev Up Next CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION Home CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER Submit correction If you see anything in the documentation that is not correct, does not match your experience with the particular feature or requires further clarification, please use this form to report a documentation issue.