diff --git a/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/strings/AhoCorasick.java b/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/strings/AhoCorasick.java
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+package com.williamfiset.algorithms.strings;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Aho–Corasick algorithm
+ *
+ * <p>Multi-pattern string matching in O(n + m + z): n = text length, m = total pattern length, z =
+ * number of matches.
+ *
+ * <p>Typical use cases: spam filters, IDS, virus scanning, keyword detection.
+ */
+public class AhoCorasick {
+
+  private final Node root = new Node();
+  private boolean built = false;
+
+  // Example usage
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    AhoCorasick ac = new AhoCorasick();
+    ac.addPattern("he");
+    ac.addPattern("she");
+    ac.addPattern("his");
+    ac.addPattern("hers");
+
+    ac.build();
+
+    String text = "ushers";
+    List<Match> matches = ac.search(text);
+
+    for (Match m : matches) {
+      System.out.println(
+          "Match \"" + text.substring(m.index, m.index + m.length) + "\" at index " + m.index);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Insert a pattern (call build() once all patterns are added). */
+  public void addPattern(String word) {
+    built = false;
+    Node node = root;
+    for (char c : word.toCharArray()) {
+      Node next = node.children.get(c);
+      if (next == null) {
+        next = new Node();
+        node.children.put(c, next);
+      }
+      node = next;
+    }
+    node.output.add(word);
+  }
+
+  /** Build failure links (BFS). Must be called before search(). */
+  public void build() {
+    Queue<Node> q = new ArrayDeque<Node>();
+
+    // Level 1 → fail points to root
+    for (Node child : root.children.values()) {
+      child.fail = root;
+      q.add(child);
+    }
+
+    while (!q.isEmpty()) {
+      Node node = q.remove();
+
+      for (Map.Entry<Character, Node> entry : node.children.entrySet()) {
+        char c = entry.getKey();
+        Node nxt = entry.getValue();
+        q.add(nxt);
+
+        Node f = node.fail;
+        while (f != null && !f.children.containsKey(c)) {
+          f = f.fail;
+        }
+
+        nxt.fail = (f == null) ? root : f.children.get(c);
+        nxt.output.addAll(nxt.fail.output); // inherit matches
+      }
+    }
+
+    built = true;
+  }
+
+  /** Search text and return a list of matches (index, length). */
+  public List<Match> search(String text) {
+    if (!built) throw new IllegalStateException("Call build() before search().");
+
+    List<Match> results = new ArrayList<Match>();
+    Node node = root;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
+      char c = text.charAt(i);
+
+      while (node != null && !node.children.containsKey(c)) {
+        node = node.fail;
+      }
+
+      if (node == null) node = root;
+      else node = node.children.get(c);
+
+      for (String w : node.output) {
+        results.add(new Match(i - w.length() + 1, w.length()));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  // Match result
+  public static class Match {
+    public final int index;
+    public final int length;
+
+    Match(int index, int length) {
+      this.index = index;
+      this.length = length;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Trie node
+  private static class Node {
+    Map<Character, Node> children = new HashMap<>();
+    Node fail;
+    List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/strings/AhoCorasickTest.java b/src/test/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/strings/AhoCorasickTest.java
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+package com.williamfiset.algorithms.strings;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class AhoCorasickTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void basicMatching() {
+    AhoCorasick ac = new AhoCorasick();
+    ac.addPattern("he");
+    ac.addPattern("she");
+    ac.addPattern("his");
+    ac.addPattern("hers");
+    ac.build();
+
+    List<AhoCorasick.Match> matches = ac.search("ushers");
+
+    // Expected: "she", "he", "hers"
+    assertEquals(3, matches.size());
+
+    assertEquals(1, matches.get(0).index);
+    assertEquals(3, matches.get(0).length);
+
+    assertEquals(2, matches.get(1).index);
+    assertEquals(2, matches.get(1).length);
+
+    assertEquals(2, matches.get(2).index);
+    assertEquals(4, matches.get(2).length);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void overlappingPatterns() {
+    AhoCorasick ac = new AhoCorasick();
+    ac.addPattern("aba");
+    ac.addPattern("ba");
+    ac.build();
+
+    List<AhoCorasick.Match> matches = ac.search("ababa");
+
+    assertEquals(4, matches.size());
+
+    assertEquals(0, matches.get(0).index); // "aba"
+    assertEquals(1, matches.get(1).index); // "ba"
+    assertEquals(2, matches.get(2).index); // "aba"
+    assertEquals(3, matches.get(3).index); // "ba"
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void noMatches() {
+    AhoCorasick ac = new AhoCorasick();
+    ac.addPattern("cat");
+    ac.addPattern("dog");
+    ac.build();
+
+    List<AhoCorasick.Match> matches = ac.search("aaaaa");
+    assertTrue(matches.isEmpty());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void searchWithoutBuildThrows() {
+    AhoCorasick ac = new AhoCorasick();
+    ac.addPattern("abc");
+
+    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> ac.search("abc"));
+  }
+}