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Anyone interested in this should also look at the metaphone and double metaphone algorithms. Soundex handles American English names decently well but metaphone

Anyone interested in this should also look at the metaphone and double metaphone algorithms. Soundex handles American English names decently well but metaphone and double metaphone work better for more general cases

jpalomaki 7y ago
In Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphone
DocTomoe 7y ago
Also, Kölner Phonetik if you work in a German-language context.