Solr Search Query for word must occur after specific position

Question

I want to write Solr query for something as below :

apple w/5 pear - apple must occur within 5 words of pear

How i can achieve the same ? Is their any regex for same ?

Answer 1

This can be done by enclosing the terms in quotations and using a tilde to indicate proximity:

q="apple pear"~5

If just the quotations are present, that is the same as ~0, that is, they should be next to each other.