To improve stemming we want to switch from the default analyzer to snowball, however, having a lot of difficulty with the proper settings and would appreciate any help. In Environment: - Sun's Java 1.6.16 - Grails 1.2.2 - Searchable Plug-In 0.5.5 Config.groovy: Have tried both settings: compassSettings = ['compass.engine.analyzer.stemmed.type': 'snowball', 'compass.engine.analyzer.stemmed.name': 'English'] compassSettings = ['compass.engine.analyzer.snowball.type': 'snowball', 'compass.engine.analyzer.snowball.name': 'English', 'compass.engine.analyzer.search.type': 'snowball', 'compass.engine.analyzer.search.name': 'English'] Search.groovy - The Invocation: def searchResult = searchableService.search(params.q, withHighlighter: { highlighter, index, sr if (!sr.highlights) { sr.highlights = [] } try { sr.highlights[index] = highlighter.fragments("content")[0..2].join(" ") } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) { sr.highlights[index] = highlighter.fragment("content") } }) def suggestion = searchableService.suggestQuery(params.q) if (suggestion != params.q) { searchResult.suggestedQuery = suggestion }