dictionaries [3] are quite impressive. Much better then what Mysql has to offer (at least in the stable versions). Masi [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/textsearch.html [2] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/textsearch-parsers.html [3] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/textsearch-dictionaries.html