simplify_consonants

Represent similar consonants with single representation.

internal

Simplifies Brazilian names phonetically using a custom 'metaphoneBR' algorithm that preserves ending vowels.
Useful for name matching processing preserving gender information carried generally by ending vowels in Portuguese.
Mation (2025) <doi:10.6082/uchicago.15104>.

Rodrigo Borges

metaphonebr

Custom 'MetaphoneBR' Phonetic Encoding for Brazilian Names

Lucas Mation

Ipea - Institue for Applied Economic Research 

simplify_consonants function

<dl><dt>fullname</dt>
<dd>A character vector.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Phonetic Simplification: Similar Consonants — simplify_consonants

<dl>

<dt>fullname</dt>
<dd>A character vector.</dd>

</dl>

simplify_consonants: Phonetic Simplification: Similar Consonants

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