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Soundex
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English
Alternative forms
en SoundEx soundex
Etymology
en sound index.
Noun
en information science 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.
en 2022 Wallace Wang Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies John Wiley & Sons 9781119884408 439 https://books.google.com/books?id=I2l6EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA439&dq=%22Soundex%22+algorithm&hl=&cd=6&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Soundex%22%20algorithm&f=false Basically, the Soundex algorithm converts each string into an alphanumeric code that begins with the first letter of the string.
Verb
en information science transitive To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm.