phonics (version 1.0.0)

phonics-package: Phonetic Spelling Algorithms

Description

Encode words with English-language Metaphone

Details

The phonics package provides an implementation of the Metaphone phonetic algorithm in R. The algorithm reduces a string to a symbolic representation approximating the sound. It can be used to match names, words, and as a proxy for assorted string distance algorithms.

See Also

Useful links:

• https://jameshoward.us/software/phonics/

• https://github.com/howardjp/phonics

• Report bugs at https://github.com/howardjp/phonics/issues