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Question

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{glossaries}

\newglossaryentry{solve}{name={solve},description={to find an answer}}

\makeglossary
\begin{document}

You can \gls{solve} an equation if a 
solution          % HERE 
exists

\printglossaries

\end{document}

I need to link "solution" to \gls{solve} despite different spelling.

I assumed \gls[<alternate text>]{<label>} exist but it does not.

Answer 1

You could either use \glslink{solve}{solution} as pointed out by Marco Daniel or, if there are several instances of "solution" in your document, define a \glsnoun macro which points to \glsuseri and add user1={solution} to the glossary entry's definition -- see section 4.1 of the manual for details.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossary

\let\glsnoun\glsuseri

\newglossaryentry{solve}{name={solve},description={to find an answer},user1={solution}}

\begin{document}

You can \gls{solve} an equation if a \glsnoun{solve} exists.

\printglossaries

\end{document}