Stemming algorithm

Okay, so let's say you have a lot of words that mean basically the same thing, like "walk," "walking," and "walked." A stemming algorithm is like a magic machine that takes all these words and turns them into their "root" form, which in this case would be "walk."

It's like if you had a bunch of different trees with different leaves, but you wanted to get to the trunk of the tree - the part where it all starts. The stemming algorithm helps you get to that starting point for every word, so you can group them together and understand them better.

This can be really helpful when you're trying to analyze or organize a lot of text - like if you're trying to find out how often a certain word is used, or if you're trying to group all the words that mean the same thing together. By using a stemming algorithm, you can simplify the text and make it easier to work with.