# Plugins search is not properly localised / standardised requiring regional spelling knowledge

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugins-search-is-not-properly-localised-standardised-requiring-regional-spelling-knowledge/111254>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** ui-ux, search\
**Created:** [February 15, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugins-search-is-not-properly-localised-standardised-requiring-regional-spelling-knowledge/111254 "2026-02-15T21:16:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![s\_mcleod](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/s_mcleod/32/39621_2.png) [@s\_mcleod](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/s_mcleod)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugins-search-is-not-properly-localised-standardised-requiring-regional-spelling-knowledge/111254/1 "2026-02-15T21:16:01Z")

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When searching community plugins, I’ve noticed some plugins don’t show up. Today I realised that Obsidian requires you to know how to spell in and use American English specifically as it does not normalise search queries between American and international English which is what is used in all countries outside of America including the UK, Australia, NZ, all of Europe etc…

This problem is compounded as American spelling is detected as spelling mistakes outside the US and if people have auto-correct enabled for spelling it will be corrected automatically.

![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/8/6/86e74d9bcef091d8a199d7f7be305ec8a94c5553.png)

### Example

In my case when searching for plugins to organise my vault I found only a single plugin returned:

 ![english](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/8/4/84bc3a78d62efb98294e0c87d34344ba10243589.png)

But when I realised Americans spell **Organise** with a **Z** , so I tried searching for that and 24 other plugins were found (but not the Inbox Organiser!):

 ![amernican](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/6/4/64c77a2bf8513b25d466f782662755708c93ef89.png)

I propose that normalising or flattening English spelling when searching in plugins (and perhaps elsewhere?) would likely solve this issue. e.g. “World has alternative English spelling? → Yes → Include those spelling variations in search”.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugins-search-is-not-properly-localised-standardised-requiring-regional-spelling-knowledge/111254/4 "2026-02-17T17:54:37Z")

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> [@Translation / Localization of Plugin Description in Plugin Diretory](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/translation-localization-of-plugin-description-in-plugin-diretory/111314):
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> Use case or problem Right now, plugin names and more importantly their descriptions are in a language decided by the developer (most commonly American English) Proposed solution Let the plugin developers provide translations for their plugin descriptions and/or use an automatic translation service. Current workaround (optional) None Related feature requests (optional)

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugins-search-is-not-properly-localised-standardised-requiring-regional-spelling-knowledge/111254/5 "2026-03-17T17:55:33Z")

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Closed on March 17, 2026, 5:55pm UTC

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