Index: SpellChecker.java
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--- SpellChecker.java	(revision 409007)
+++ SpellChecker.java	(working copy)
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
     public String[] suggestSimilar (String word, int num_sug, IndexReader ir, String field
     , boolean morePopular) throws IOException {
 
+        float min = this.min; 
+
         final TRStringDistance sd=new TRStringDistance(word);
         final int lengthWord=word.length();