code: private boolean isNoiseWord(String term)
     {
        int len = term.length();
        if (minWordLen > 0 && len < minWordLen)
        {
           return true;
        }
        if (maxWordLen > 0 && len > maxWordLen)
        {
           return true;
        }
        if (stopWords != null && stopWords.contains(term))
        {
           return true;
        }
        return false;
     }
docs: determines if the passed term is likely to be of interest in "more like" comparisons
  
  @param term The word being considered
  @return true if should be ignored, false if should be used in further analysis