diff --git a/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/index.rs b/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/index.rs
index 21aadf7d475..07795209331 100644
--- a/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/index.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/index.rs
@@ -1206,6 +1206,33 @@ impl InvertedIndex {
         self.partitions.len() == 1 && self.partitions[0].is_legacy()
     }
 
+    /// Read only the index's [`InvertedIndexParams`],
+    /// Contains more complete info than manifest's lossy `InvertedIndexDetails`.
+    pub async fn load_params(store: &dyn IndexStore) -> Result<InvertedIndexParams> {
+        match store.open_index_file(METADATA_FILE).await {
+            Ok(reader) => {
+                let params = reader
+                    .schema()
+                    .metadata
+                    .get("params")
+                    .ok_or(Error::index("params not found in metadata".to_owned()))?;
+                Ok(serde_json::from_str::<InvertedIndexParams>(params)?)
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                // Legacy format: params live in the tokens file (see
+                // `load_legacy_index`).
+                let reader = store.open_index_file(TOKENS_FILE).await?;
+                Ok(reader
+                    .schema()
+                    .metadata
+                    .get("tokenizer")
+                    .map(|s| serde_json::from_str::<InvertedIndexParams>(s))
+                    .transpose()?
+                    .unwrap_or_default())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn load(
         store: Arc<dyn IndexStore>,
         frag_reuse_index: Option<Arc<dyn RowIdRemapper>>,
diff --git a/rust/lance/src/dataset/tests/dataset_index.rs b/rust/lance/src/dataset/tests/dataset_index.rs
index 86682004f04..b12a7198e5a 100644
--- a/rust/lance/src/dataset/tests/dataset_index.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/src/dataset/tests/dataset_index.rs
@@ -4113,3 +4113,50 @@ async fn test_manifest_read_recovers_from_stale_size() {
     assert_eq!(indices.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(indices[0].name, "id_idx");
 }
+
+/// `load_segment_params` must match the fully opened segment's params,
+/// including `custom_stop_words` — the field `InvertedIndexDetails` loses.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_segment_params_full_fidelity() {
+    use crate::index::DatasetIndexInternalExt;
+    use lance_index::metrics::NoOpMetricsCollector;
+    use lance_index::scalar::inverted::InvertedIndex;
+
+    let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
+        arrow_schema::Schema::new(vec![Field::new("text", DataType::Utf8, false)]).into(),
+        vec![Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![
+            "the quick brown fox",
+            "lazy dogs sleep",
+        ]))],
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let schema = batch.schema();
+    let stream = RecordBatchIterator::new(vec![batch].into_iter().map(Ok), schema);
+    let mut dataset = Dataset::write(stream, "memory://test/segment_params", None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let params = InvertedIndexParams::default().custom_stop_words(Some(vec!["quick".to_string()]));
+    dataset
+        .create_index(&["text"], IndexType::Inverted, None, &params, true)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let segments = crate::index::scalar::load_segments(&dataset, "text")
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("FTS index segments");
+    let read = crate::index::scalar::load_segment_params(&dataset, &segments[0])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let generic = dataset
+        .open_generic_index("text", &segments[0].uuid, &NoOpMetricsCollector)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let opened = generic
+        .as_any()
+        .downcast_ref::<InvertedIndex>()
+        .expect("inverted index");
+    assert_eq!(&read, opened.params());
+}
diff --git a/rust/lance/src/index/scalar.rs b/rust/lance/src/index/scalar.rs
index d31b96c9202..2f346163974 100644
--- a/rust/lance/src/index/scalar.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/src/index/scalar.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub(crate) mod inverted;
 pub(crate) mod label_list;
 pub(crate) mod zonemap;
 
-pub use inverted::{load_segment_details, load_segments};
+pub use inverted::{load_segment_details, load_segment_params, load_segments};
 
 pub use crate::index::scalar_logical::{LogicalScalarIndex, load_named_scalar_segments};
 
diff --git a/rust/lance/src/index/scalar/inverted.rs b/rust/lance/src/index/scalar/inverted.rs
index b41dfa562b9..426d104c912 100644
--- a/rust/lance/src/index/scalar/inverted.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/src/index/scalar/inverted.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use lance_core::ROW_ID;
 use lance_index::metrics::NoOpMetricsCollector;
 use lance_index::pbold::InvertedIndexDetails;
 use lance_index::scalar::index_files_to_table;
-use lance_index::scalar::inverted::InvertedIndex;
+use lance_index::scalar::inverted::{InvertedIndex, InvertedIndexParams};
 use lance_index::scalar::lance_format::LanceIndexStore;
 use lance_index::scalar::registry::VALUE_COLUMN_NAME;
 use lance_table::format::IndexMetadata;
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ pub async fn load_segment_details(
     })
 }
 
+/// Read one segment's [`InvertedIndexParams`]
+pub async fn load_segment_params(
+    dataset: &Dataset,
+    segment: &IndexMetadata,
+) -> Result<InvertedIndexParams> {
+    let store = LanceIndexStore::from_dataset_for_existing(dataset, segment).await?;
+    InvertedIndex::load_params(&store).await
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;