---
name: "CREATE_TEXT_SEARCH_DICTIONARY"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "postgresql"
version: "18.6-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CREATE_TEXT_SEARCH_DICTIONARY"
---

# CREATE\_TEXT\_SEARCH\_DICTIONARY(7)

define a new text search dictionary

## NAME

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 ALSO

ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY ([**ALTER\_TEXT\_SEARCH\_DICTIONARY**(7)](/ALTER_TEXT_SEARCH_DICTIONARY/7.md)), DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY ([**DROP\_TEXT\_SEARCH\_DICTIONARY**(7)](/DROP_TEXT_SEARCH_DICTIONARY/7.md))