Soundex

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Soundex.
   alt-of
2. A phonetic algorithm for indexing names by their English pronunciation, based on the most probably significant consonants, so that a search for a misspelled name may find the desired one.

Examples

“Basically, the Soundex algorithm converts each string into an alphanumeric code that begins with the first letter of the string.”

“The soundex algorithm is the most well-known phonetic algorithm.”

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