Automattic / Automattic/jetpack
Instant Search: clarify display of spelling correction
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- PHP
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Description
### Impacted plugin
Jetpack
### What
The spelling enhancement could be clearer, perhaps more akin to Google's "did you mean..." instead
### How
Currently if you search for a term which doesn't exist, but is similar to a word which does exist it shows "no results" for the non-existent term, then the results for the similar term below. Example:

It is not immediately clear that it is suggesting a similar term, and instead looks like it may be returning two queries at once. This could be improved with some styling and/or wording changes to the spelling enhancement. An example of this would be Google's 'did you mean':

Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no file, test, or entry point; begin by tracing Jetpack's spelling-enhancement search result UI. Review the current “no results” and similar-term presentation described in the issue and compare it with the screenshots. Done means the correction is immediately recognizable as a suggestion rather than a second query, with wording or styling that makes this clear.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, wordpress
- Domain
- frontend, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100