What is phonetic matching?

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In general, phonetic matching lets you search a name list for names that are phonetically equivalent to the desired name. BMPM is similar to a soundex search in that an exact spelling is not required.

What does phonetic search mean?

In the case of a phonetic search, it is a technique to look up a word with the exact spelling along with the words having similar sounds. Let us use a few examples of names having similar sounds but they differ in their spellings.

What is soundex and Metaphone?

Metaphone expands on Soundex with a wider set of English pronunciation rules and allowing for varying lengths of keys, whereas Soundex uses a fixed-length key. Double Metaphone further refines the matching by returning both a “primary” and “secondary” code for each name, allowing for greater ambiguity.

What is the best phonetic algorithm?

Among the best-known phonetic algorithms are:

Soundex, which was developed to encode surnames for use in censuses. …
Daitch–Mokotoff Soundex, which is a refinement of Soundex designed to better match surnames of Slavic and Germanic origin. …
Cologne phonetics: This is similar to Soundex, but more suitable for German words.

How does beider Morse work?

Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching (BMPM) is a “soundalike” tool that lets you search using a new phonetic matching system. BMPM helps you search for personal names (or just surnames) in a Solr/Lucene index, and is far superior to the existing phonetic codecs, such as regular soundex, metaphone, caverphone, etc.

What is Soundex match?

Soundex is a phonetic algorithm that encodes words – specifically names – based on their pronunciation rather than their spelling. Names are indexed by their Soundex encoding so that they can be searched and matched to one another despite variations in spelling.