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Asked: 2026-06-18T16:27:28+00:00

Is there an algorithm, webservice or technique which is able to search through a

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Is there an algorithm, webservice or technique which is able to search through a list of words, returning these that fit a given subject?

Practical example:
There is a Software which allows me to create a task and select an icon for it. There are hundreds of icons, >95% of them do not fit the given task.

My idea now is to tag these icons:
An icon with a letter would get the tags mail, communication, message, …

The user then adds a task which is called Write email. The algorithm searches the icons and their tags and returns a list of presumably fitting icons (Perhaps the 20 most fitting icons). The user then can select from this list.

I think this could be useful in different areas. In a time where google is able to predict what the user wants to search for it must be possible in any way.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Probably not the greatest solution but giving it a shot.

    If the terms in the input which would match against the icon is limited, consider a inverted index of terms against the icon label.

    Say, 

    mail -> mailicon
email -> mailicon

    On the similar line, hold a dictionary of a single term against icon label. 

    mail -> mailicon
message -> chaticon
communication ->lanicon

    And when the terms “Write an email” comes from the user, you could explode the term as synonyms using something like a SynExpand and look up the entire map for possible icons.

    Say, email gets exploded into mail, message, communication etc. and you would get the suggestions as three icons.

    I am sure you should be able to play with the synonym values based on your need.

    Also refer to Full Text Search

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