Search does not work in french language

I checked that…

• … the documentation does not mention anything about my problem
• … the problem doesn’t occur with the default MkDocs template
• … the problem is not in any of my customizations (CSS, JS, template)
• … there are no open or closed issues that are related to my problem

Description

Search word in with mkdocs-material fir french language does not work properly

Expected behavior

Simple word such as ‘plage’ should be found. Accented words are not consistently found.

Actual behavior

‘plag’ is found, but not ‘plage’

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Install mkdocs-material (5.2.2)
2. Use this mkdocs.yml file:

site_name: My Docs
theme:
  name: material
  language: fr

plugins:
  - search

and this ./docs/index.md

Cet été ensoleillé, nous irons à la plage.

1. serve mkdocs (python -m mkdocs serve) and search for plage.

Package versions

• Python: `3.8.3
• MkDocs: 1.1.2
• Material: 5.2.2

Project configuration

site_name: My Docs
theme:
  name: material
  language: fr

plugins:
  - search

System information

• OS: Linux 5.6.15-arch1-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Browser: firefox

[squidfunk]

Note that search is super tricky to get right for 40 languages. This may have introduced new problems I’m not aware of. I tried to test as many languages as I could, but unfortunately, my time is limited.

[kevung]

Mmm, I closed mkdocs serve, refresh, did a lot of things… and in exactely the same config as https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/1745#issuecomment-640232868 I can now find “nous” ! Haha I am a bit confused 😃 screenshot

The search functionality is very important for a web doc, so maybe id it wiser to mark the multi-language search as experimental?

I think I will set the language as english by default as it might give the most stable results. Thank you again for help. If I can be of any support for testing, I’d be happy to help.