It is derived based on link statistics, however, the links needs to be 
in the article, and not generated by wikitext magic.

r.

On 10/30/2011 09:19 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> In the search box, I get suggestions on the fly as I type, and I'm
> often impressed by the good suggestions. However, right now at Wiktionary
> I get suggestions that aren't the best ones for the given prefix.
>
> For example, at en.wiktionary.org if I type "lagru" it doesn't
> suggest"lagrum", but instead a bunch of inflected and derived
> forms:
> lagrumshänvisning
> lagrums
> lagrumshänvisnings
> lagrummets
> lagrummen
> lagrummet
> lagrumshänvisningars
> lagrumshänvisningar
> lagrumshänvisningarnas
> lagrumshänvisningarna
>
> Since these are Swedish entries in the English Wiktionary,
> none of these pages get much traffic. Are the completion
> suggestions based on traffic stats? In this case, link
> count might be a better predictor for best suggestion,
> since all derived forms link back to the basic form.
>
> Not much traffic: 5 page views in 30 days,
> http://stats.grok.se/en.d/latest/lagrum
>
>


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