Soundex
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.
Noun
- 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.
- Basically, the Soundex algorithm converts each string into an alphanumeric code that begins with the first letter of the string. - 2022, Wallace Wang, Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons,...
Origin
Blend of sound + index.
Forms
Verb
- To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm.