starfuzz/phonetic

A module providing phonetic matching capabilities. Phonetic matching indexes words by how they sound (homophones), allowing comparison regardless of spelling variations (e.g., “Robert” and “Rupert”).

Values

same_soundex

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pub fn same_soundex(a: String, b: String) -> Bool

Compares if two strings result in the exact same Soundex code.

soundex

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pub fn soundex(input: String) -> String

Encodes the input string into its Soundex representation (typically a letter followed by 3 numbers).

Under the Soundex rules:

Letter casing is ignored.
Adjacent duplicated sounds are collapsed.
‘H’ and ‘W’ act as silently omitted vowels unless they split different consonant sounds.