SOUNDEX
\sˈa͡ʊndɛks], \sˈaʊndɛks], \s_ˈaʊ_n_d_ɛ_k_s]\
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An algorithm for encoding a word so thatsimilar sounding words encode the same. The first letter iscopied unchanged then subsequent letters are encoded asfollows:bfpv -> "1"cgjkqsxz -> "2"dt -> "3"l -> "4"mn -> "5"r -> "6"Other characters are ignored and repeated characters areencoded as though they were a single character. Encodingstops when the resulting string is four characters long,adding trailing "0"s if it is shorter. For example, "SMITH"or "SMYTHE" would both be encoded as "S530".
By Denis Howe
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